Shunya Takayama

Shunya Takayama (高山 峻野, Takayama Shun'ya, born 3 September 1994) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles.^[2] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Shunya Takayama

Shunya Takayama in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 30) Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Club	Zenrin

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles was 13.25 seconds (+1.1 m/s), former National record and the current second best record in Japan, set in Fukui in 2019.,^[3] he improved it at 13.10 s (+0.6), in Hiratsuka on 6 August 2022.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	29th (h)	110 m hurdles (99 cm)	14.06
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	4th	110 m hurdles	13.65
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	32nd (h)	110 m hurdles	13.65
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.48
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	110 m hurdles	13.59
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	17th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.58
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	35th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.98
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	110 m hurdles	13.29
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.34
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.41
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	4th (rep)	110 m hurdles	13.45

References

1. JAAF profile
2. Shunya Takayama at World Athletics
3. All-Athletics profile

External links

• Shunya Takayama at World Athletics
• Shunya Takayama at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Shunya Takayama – Paris 2024 at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Shunya Takayama – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Shunya Takayama at Olympedia
• Shunya Takayama at Olympics.com
• Shunya Takayama at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Shunya Takayama – Paris 2024 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
• Shunya Takayama – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)