Seito Yamamoto

Seito Yamamoto
Personal information
Born (1992-03-11) March 11, 1992
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Pole vault

Seito Yamamoto (山本 聖途, Yamamoto Seito, born 11 March 1992 in Okazaki, Aichi[1]) is a Japanese pole vaulter.[2] He competed in the pole vault event at the 2012 Summer Olympics failing to clear any height in the qualifying round. His biggest success to date is the sixth place at the 2013 World Championships.

He has personal bests of 5.75 metres outdoors (Hiratsuka 2013) and 5.71 metres indoors (Osaka 2013).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Japan
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom NM
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 2nd 5.60 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th 5.75 m
East Asian Games Tianjin, China 1st 5.50 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea NM
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 2nd 5.50 m
World Championships Beijing, China 23rd (q) 5.65 m
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 5.60 m
World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 10th 5.55 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NM
DécaNation Marseille, France 2nd 5.60 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 26th (q) 5.30 m
DécaNation Angers, France 3rd 5.50 m

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