Akihiko Koike (; born April 10, 1973) is a retired male

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

from Nagano, Japan. He set his personal best (1:20.16) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000, in

Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...

. He made two major global appearances: first at the

1999 World Championships in Athletics The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, between the Augus ...

, where he was 27th in the men's 50 km walk, and secondly at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, where he failed to finish the 20 km race.

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1973 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Japanese male race walkers Olympic athletes for Japan 20th-century Japanese sportsmen 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Sportspeople from Nagano (city) Athletes from Nagano Prefecture {{Japan-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub