Naoto Hasegawa

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Naoto Hasegawa
Personal information
Born (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 2.27 m (2025)

Naoto Hasegawa (born 15 November 1996) is a Japanese high jumper. He competed for Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [1]

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Career

In 2018 he won the Japanese Intercollegiate Championships with a jump of 2.18 meters. In 2019, his first year with Niigata Albirex RC, he broke the Nigata prefecture record by 1 centimetre with a jump of 2.25 meters, breaking a record that had stood for 28 years. He finished in a tie for second place at the Japanese Athletics Championships in October 2020. [2]

He was selected to represent Japan and cleared 2.23 metres to place fourth at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok in July 2023. [3] [4] He subsequently represented Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August 2023, but did not progress from the qualifying heats. [5] [6]

He competed for Japan at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, placing seventh overall with a successful clearance of 2.20 metres. [7]

He cleared 2.23 metres to place fourth at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea in May 2025. [8] In July 2025, he set a new personal best of 2.27 metres whilst competing in Nagaoka, Japan. [9] That month, he finished third at the Japanese Athletics Championships. [10] The following month, he equalled his personal best to win the high jump competition at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial, on a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, in Budapest, Hungary. [11] [12]

Personal life

He attended Shibata Chuo High School in Nigata before later attending Niigata University of Health and Welfare. [2]

References

  1. "Naoto Hasegawa". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "High jumper Naoto Hasegawa fine-tunes his run-up to the Olympics during the off-season". Nikkansports.com (in Japanese). March 4, 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. "アジア選手権代表78名決定 男子は坂井隆一郎、田澤廉、橋岡優輝、女子は田中希実、寺田明日香、秦澄美鈴、森本麻里子を選出". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. "男子走高跳・長谷川直人は全体18位で決勝にあと一歩 今季ベストタイ2m25と健闘/世界陸上". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  7. "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  8. "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  9. "79th Niigata Pref Championships". World Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  10. "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  11. "走高跳・長谷川直人が逆転でツアーゴールド初V パリ銀メダリスト抑える DL初出場へ/WAコンチネンタルツアー". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  12. "Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix". World Athletics. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.