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Masato Yokota

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Nationality
  
Japan

Height
  
1.77 m

Events
  
800 metres

Role
  
Track and field athlete

Coached by
  
Joe Douglas


Name
  
Masato Yokota

Education
  
Keio University

Weight
  
63 kg

Club
  
Fujitsu

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Born
  
November 19, 1987 (age 36) (
1987-11-19
)
Tokyo

Personal best(s)
  
800 m: 1:46.16 (2009)

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Masato Yokota (born November 19, 1987 in Tokyo) is a Japanese track and field athlete, specializing in the 800 metres. He was Japanese record holder in the 800 metres from October 18, 2009 until May 11, 2014.

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He graduated the Keio University. He trains at Fujitsu Track & Field team. As the winner of the 2012 Japanese Olympic Trials, Masato represented his home country in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has also competed in the 2007 and 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. As of 2012, he has won six Japan Championships (2006 - 2007, 2009 - 2012).

Masato trains in the United States as a member of the Santa Monica Track Club.

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References

Masato Yokota Wikipedia