Masato Naito

Masato Naitō (内藤 真人, Naitō Masato, born 31 July 1980 in Toyota, Aichi, Japan) is a retired Japanese hurdler. He is the former national record holder for the 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles.[1]

Masato Naitō
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born31 July 1980 (1980-07-31) (age 43)
Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Alma materHosei University
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)110 m hurdles
60 m hurdles
Retired2012[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)110 m hurdles: 13.43 (Kumagaya 2007)
60 m hurdles: 7.75 (Valencia 2008)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2006 Doha110 m hurdles
Afro-Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2003 Hyderabad110 m hurdles

He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and third at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.

His personal best time is 13.43 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (Kumagaya 2008) and 7.75 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Valencia 2008). The latter is the former national record.

He retired after the 2012 season.[2]

Personal bests
Event Time (s) Wind (m/s) Competition Venue Date Notes
110 m hurdles 13.43 +1.7 East Japan Corporate Championships Kumagaya, Japan 20 May 2007
60 m hurdles 7.75 Indoor World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 8 March 2008 Former NR

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
1999 Asian Junior Championships Singapore – (h) 110 m hurdles DNF
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 19th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.73
Universiade Beijing, China – 110 m hurdles DQ
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 7th 110 m hurdles 14.54
2003 World Championships Paris, France 15th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.68
Afro-Asian Games Hyderabad, India 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.71
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.77
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 19th (qf) 110 m hurdles 13.54
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.88
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 4th 110 m hurdles 13.90
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 19th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.82
Asian Games Doha, Qatar 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.60
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 14th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.58
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 18th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.85
Olympic Games Beijing, China 37th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.96

National titles

References
  1. "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "アテネ、北京男子１１０メートル障害出場 内藤が引退". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.


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