Shinji Aoto

Shinji Aoto
Personal information
Born	7 May 1967 (age 57); Wakayama, Japan
Education	Chukyo University
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	60 m, 100 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m: 6.76 (1989); 100 m: 10.28 (1988, 1989)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Japan
Asian Games
Universiade
Asian Junior Championships

Shinji Aoto (青戸慎司, Aoto Shinji, born 7 May 1967 in Wakayama) is a retired Japanese sprinter turned bobsledder who represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. He is the first and only Japanese male athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games (As of 2020).^[2]^[3] During his athletics career he also competed at two World Indoor Championships, in 1989 and 1993. He was the former national record holder in the 100 metres and the first Japanese to run under 10.3 seconds.^[2] He is currently the deputy director of track and field club at Chukyo University.^[4]

Athletics career

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
1986	Asian Junior Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.46
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.57
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	8th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	38.90
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	16th (h)	60 m	6.76
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	(sf)	100 m	10.71
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	— (h)	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
1990	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.61
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	23rd (qf)	100 m	10.53
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.77
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	28th (h)	60 m	6.87

National titles

Japanese Championships
- 100 metres: 1989
- 4 × 100 metres relay: 1987

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 10.28 (+1.4 m/s, Tokyo 1988): Former national record

Indoor

60 metres – 6.76 (Budapest 1989)

Bobsleigh career

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Partners	Time	Run 1
							Run 2
							Run 3
Representing Japan
1998	Olympic Games	Nagano, Japan	16th	Four-man	Toshio Wakita Yasuo Nakamura Toshiya Onoda	2:41.97	54.03
							53.66
							54.28

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shinji Aoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Special feature Japanese sprinter". Jiji Press (in Japanese). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "報道発表資料中京大学陸上競技部監督青戸慎司氏による小学校での走り方教室を開催します". Toyota City Official Website (in Japanese). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Coach introduction". Chukyo University Track and Field Club (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2020.

External links

Shinji Aoto at World Athletics
Shinji Aoto at Olympedia
Shinji Aoto at Olympics.com
All-Athletics profile (archived)
Rights Company profile (in Japanese)
Shinji Aoto – Nagano 1998 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shinji Aoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.

[Jiji-2] "Special feature Japanese sprinter". Jiji Press (in Japanese). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[Aikyo-3] "報道発表資料中京大学陸上競技部監督青戸慎司氏による小学校での走り方教室を開催します". Toyota City Official Website (in Japanese). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[4] "Coach introduction". Chukyo University Track and Field Club (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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