Kosaku Sumiyoshi
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing Japan | ||
Far Eastern Championship Games | ||
1927 Shanghai | Javelin throw | |
1930 Tokyo | Javelin throw | |
1930 Tokyo | Pentathlon |
Kosaku Sumiyoshi (
Career
Born in Hiroshima, Japan,[2] he first emerged as a javelin thrower at the 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games held in Shanghai. His winning mark of 56.90 m (186 ft 8 in) was an improvement of over five metres on the previous games record set two years earlier.[3]
He made his Olympic debut for
Sumiyoshi continued his regional dominance at the 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo. He defended his javelin title with a games record of 62.19 m (204 ft 1⁄4 in), which was ultimately the best ever throw in the history of the competition. This made him the first and only person to win two javelin Far Eastern titles. He also won a second gold for the host nation, scoring 2838 in the athletics pentathlon to top rankings as part of a Japanese medal sweep of the event.[3] He travelled to Vienna that year to compete against Western competitors and had a lifetime best throw of 66.42 m (217 ft 10+3⁄4 in) – a feat which ranked him seventh globally that year. A year later, he was again over the sixty-six-metre mark, having a season's best of 66.03 m (216 ft 7+1⁄2 in) in the Japanese capital and ranking eighth in the world.[6]
He confirmed his form prior to the
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1927 | Far Eastern Championship Games | Shanghai, China | 1st | Javelin throw | 56.90 m GR |
1928 | Olympic Games | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 13th (qualifying) | Javelin throw | 59.05 m |
Student World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | Javelin throw | 62.81 m GR | |
1930 | Far Eastern Championship Games | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Javelin throw | 62.19 m GR |
1st | Pentathlon | 2838 pts | |||
1932 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 8th | Javelin throw | 61.14 m |
References
- ^ Biography of Kosaku Sumiyoshi (in Japanese)
- ^ a b Kosaku Sumiyoshi. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-13.
- ^ a b Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-13.
- ^ Japan Athletics Men's Javelin Throw Results. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-13.
- ^ World Student Games (Pre Universiade). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-13.
- ^ a b c Kosaku Sumiyoshi. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2015-01-13.