Masashi Eriguchi (江里口 匡史, Eriguchi Masashi, born 17 December 1988 in Kikuchi, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Masashi Eriguchi
Eriguchi at the 2010 Japan Championship
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born17 December 1988 (1988-12-17) (age 35)
Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan
Alma materWaseda University
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event100 metres
Retired2018
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.07 (Hiroshima 2009)

200 m: 20.80 (Fukuroi 2012)

60 m: 6.73 (Hangzhou 2014)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kobe 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Kobe 100 m
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade 100 m

He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships, he finished fourth in the relay.[citation needed] He also competed in the 100 metres. He reached the semi-final at the 2010 World Indoor Championships.[1]

His personal best times are 6.75 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha; 10.07 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Hiroshima; and 20.88 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in October 2008 in Ōita.[1]

He retired in 2018.[2]

Personal bests

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Event Time (s) Wind (m/s) Competition Venue Date Notes
Outdoor
100 m 10.07 +1.9 Japan Championship Hiroshima, Japan 28 June 2009 Japan's 9th-fastest time
200 m 20.80 +1.0 Shizuoka International Meet Fukuroi, Japan 03 MAY 2012
Indoor
60 m 6.73 n/a Japan Junior Indoor Meet Hangzhou, China 15 February 2014

Records

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  • 4 × 200 m relay
    • Former Japanese and Japanese university record holder - 1:22.67 s (relay leg: 1st) (Yokohama, 27 September 2008)[a]
a with Yukio Yanai, Hiroshi Kihara, and Shintarō Kimura

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Japan
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 4th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.98 (relay leg: 4th)[3]
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 100 m 10.33 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
(h) 4 × 100 m relay DQ (relay leg: 1st)
World Championships Berlin, Germany 36th (qf) 100 m 10.45 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.30 (relay leg: 1st)
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 21st (h) 100 m 10.82 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.01 (relay leg: 1st)
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 21st (sf) 60 m 6.77
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 15th (sf) 100 m 10.56 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 47.14 (relay leg: 1st)
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 2nd 100 m 10.28 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.18 (relay leg: 2nd)
2012 Olympic Games[4] London, United Kingdom 31st (h) 100 m 10.30 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.35 (relay leg: 2nd)
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 4th 60 m 6.73
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 9th (h) 4 × 200 m relay 1:23.87 (relay leg: 2nd)

National Championship

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2007 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka 5th 100 m 10.53 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2008 Japan Championships Kawasaki, Kanagawa 7th 100 m 10.61 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
Yokohama, Kanagawa 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.97 (relay leg: 1st)[5] GR
2009 Japan Championships Hiroshima, Hiroshima 1st 100 m 10.14 (wind: +1.9 m/s)
2010 Japan Championships Marugame, Kagawa, Kagawa 1st 100 m 10.26 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2011 Japan Championships Kumagaya, Saitama 1st 100 m 10.38 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
2012 Japan Championships Osaka, Osaka 1st 100 m 10.29 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2013 Japan Championships Chōfu, Tokyo 9th (h) 100 m 10.42 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2014 Japan Championships Fukushima, Fukushima 6th 100 m 10.37 (wind: +0.6 m/s)

References

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  1. ^ a b Masashi Eriguchi at World Athletics  
  2. ^ "ロンドン五輪代表の江里口匡史が引退セレモニー". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ Competed only in the heat
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masashi Eriguchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  5. ^ Representing Waseda University
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