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Ryota Yamagata

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Ryota Yamagata (山縣 亮太, Yamagata Ryōta; born 10 June 1992) is a Japanese sprinter holding the Japanese record of 9.95 in the 100m. He won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. In the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Yamagata was part of the 4 × 100 m relay team for Japan, which took the silver medal in the final. He served as the captain of Japan's team at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryota Yamagata is the 5,662nd most popular athlete (down from 5,026th in 2019), the 4,559th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,315th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ryota Yamagata ranks 5,662 out of 6,025. Before him are Gao Tingyu, Wilma Murto, Evangelia Psarra, Aziz Zakari, Simone Venier, and Julia Michalska. After him are Thomas Krol, Matthew Antoine, Aurimas Didžbalis, Wang Han, Cristina Iovu, and Benjamin Weß.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Ryota Yamagata ranks 1,012. Before him are Rasmus Falk, Kim Astrup, Linn Blohm, Simon Thern, Apostolos Vellios, and Thea Garrett. After him are Thomas Krol, Cristina Iovu, Aaron Long, Ksenia Stolbova, Daniyar İsmayilov, and Masato Sasaki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryota Yamagata ranks 4,572 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuki Tamura (1985), Gakuto Kondo (1981), Riko Ueki (1999), Yuichi Mizutani (1980), Shunsuke Iwanuma (1988), and Kota Morimura (1988). After him are Katsuhiro Suzuki (1977), Jun Ideguchi (1979), Hiroyuki Hayashi (1983), Kosuke Kikuchi (1985), Yusuke Tanaka (1986), and Kazunari Hosaka (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Ryota Yamagata ranks 94. Before him are Masako Chiba (1976), Ayumu Hirano (1998), Kie Kusakabe (1978), Yukiko Ueno (1982), Hina Hayata (2000), and Yoshiaki Oiwa (1976). After him are Tetsuto Yamada (1992), Yoshimi Ozaki (1981), Nao Kusaka (2000), Momiji Nishiya (2007), Ami Yuasa (1998), and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (1999).

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