Yusaku Kodama

Yusaku Kodama

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2000-12-16) 16 December 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400m hurdles: 48.77s (2023)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Championships 2023 Bangkok 400 m hurdles

Yusaku Kodama (born 16 December 2000) is a Japanese hurdler. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in the 400 metres hurdles, and competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

Kodama ran a personal best of 48.77 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles at the Golden Grand Prix in Japan in May 2023. ^[2] He was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, in the 400 metres hurdles. ^{[3] [4]} He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, without advancing to the semi-finals. ^{[5] [6]}

Kodama finished fourth in the 400 metres hurdles at the Japanese Athletics Championships in June 2024. ^[7]

Personal life

He attended Nagano High School in Nagano and Hosei University. ^[8]

References

1. "Yusaka Kodama". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
2. "Kerley cruises to strong 100m season start in Yokohama". World Athletics. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
3. "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
4. "Qatar's Bassem Hemeida Wins Gold Medal in 400m Hurdles at Asian Athletics Championships". fansnews. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
5. "World medallists Yamanishi and Kitaguchi on Japan's team for WCH Budapest 23". 8 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
6. "Men's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
7. "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
8. "Yusaka Kodama". jaaf. Retrieved 5 August 2024.