Hitoshi Saito
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 37)
Tochigi, Japan[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportTrack and field
Event(s)200 metres
4×100 metres relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.35 (Tokyo 2008)
200 m: 20.42 (Sapporo 2009)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Kobe4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2011 Kobe200 m
Bronze medal – third place2009 Guangzhou200 m

Hitoshi Saito (齋藤 仁志, Saitō Hitoshi, born 9 October 1986 in Tochigi) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented his country at two consecutive World Championships, in 2009 and 2011. He was also the reserve relay member at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was ultimately not selected to run.[2]

Personal bests

Event Time (s) Competition Venue Date Notes
100 m 10.35 (wind: +0.1 m/s) Kanto University Championships Tokyo, Japan 18 May 2008
10.30 (wind: +6.5 m/s) Chūhei Nambu Memorial Sapporo, Japan 15 July 2007 Wind-assisted
200 m 20.42 (wind: +1.3 m/s) Japanese Championships Hiroshima, Japan 26 June 2009
20.37 (wind: +2.3 m/s) Japanese Championships kawasaki, Japan 26 June 2008 Wind-assisted

International competition

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
Representing  Japan
2007 Summer Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 8th 200 m 21.34 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
5th 4×100 m relay 39.45 (relay leg: 2nd)
(h) 4×400 m relay DNS (relay leg: 3rd)
2009 Summer Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 7th 200 m 22.22 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
(h) 4×100 m relay DQ (relay leg: 4th)
World Championships Berlin, Germany 47th (h) 200 m 21.38 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 3rd 200 m 21.10 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 2nd 200 m 20.75 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1st 4×100 m relay 39.18 (relay leg: 4th)
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 19th (sf) 200 m 21.17 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
9th (h) 4×100 m relay 38.66 (relay leg: 4th) SB

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". JAAF (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Profile". JOC (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 October 2020.


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