Global InformationShigeyuki Aikyo information
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1964 (age 60) Kuwana, Mie, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Chukyo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 8:31.27 (1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shigeyuki Aikyo (Japanese: 愛敬 重之; born 29 January 1964) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the gold medallist at the 1986 Asian Games and the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships. He was also a two-time Universiade bronze medallist and a two-time national champion.
Aikyo was Asia's only steeplechase competitor at the World Championships in Athletics in both 1983 and 1987. He competed for Asia at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. His personal best of 8:31.27 minutes was a Japanese junior national record until it was broken by Ryuji Miura in 2020.[2]
- ^ "Profile". Shigeyuki Aikyo official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "若きアスリートが輝きを放つ！新記録続出に五輪にも期待／ホクレンDC 千歳大会レポート". Marathon Grand Championship official website (in Japanese). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.