is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m.
He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.
In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final.
He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Personal bests EventTimeWindVenueDateNotesOutdoor100 m 09.95 s +2.0 m/s Tottori, Japan6 June 2021Japanese record 200 m 20.41 s −0.5 m/s Yokohama, Japan 26 May 2013Indoor 60 m 6.62 s Osaka, Japan 13 March 2016
Records 100 metres Current Japanese record holder - 9.95 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) (Tottori, 6 June 2021) Former Japanese junior record holder – 10.23 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) (Yamaguchi, 8 October 2011) 4 × 100 m relay Current Asian and Japanese record holder – 37.60 s (relay leg: 1st) (Rio de Janeiro, 19 August 2016) Current Japanese university record holder – 38.44 s (relay leg:1st) (Tianjin, 9 October 2013) 60 metres (Indoor) Former Japanese junior record holder – 6.71 s (Osaka, 5 February 2011)
with Shōta Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryū, and Asuka Cambridge with Shōta Iizuka, Asuka Cambridge, and Kazuma Ōseto
Competition record 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy100 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)1:52.82 (relay leg: 2nd)2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom (sf)100 m (wind: +1.7 m/s)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 1st)2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia100 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 1st)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia (h)100 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)East Asian GamesTianjin, China100 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 1st) GR, 2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea100 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 1st)2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil (sf)100 m10.05 (wind: +0.2 m/s) PB4 × 100 m relay37.60 (relay leg: 1st) AR2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia100 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)4 × 100 m relay (relay leg: 1st)2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar (sf)100 m1 (wind: +1.2 m/s)World RelaysYokohama, Japan –4 × 100 m relayDQ2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan24th (h)100 m10.15 (wind: +0.1 m/s)9th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.162 (relay leg: 2nd) 1Did not start in the final 2Did not finish in the final
National Championship 2011Japan ChampionshipsKumagaya, Saitama100 m10.52 (wind: -0.5 m/s)200 m20.84 (wind: 0.0 m/s)2012Japan ChampionshipsOsaka, Osaka100 m10.34 (wind: 0.0 m/s)2013Japan ChampionshipsChōfu, Tokyo100 m10.11 (wind: +0.7 m/s)2014Japan ChampionshipsFukushima, Fukushima100 m10.27 (wind: +0.6 m/s)2015Japan ChampionshipsNiigata, Niigata (sf)100 m24th (h) / 10.60 (wind: +0.7 m/s)2016Japan ChampionshipsNagoya, Aichi100 m10.17 (wind: -0.3 m/s)2017Japan ChampionshipsOsaka, Osaka100 m10.39 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
References
External links
Ryota Yamagata – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF