Daisuke Ikeshima ( ja, 池島大介; born January 30, 1975 in Ishikawa, Japan) is a retired

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. He set his personal best (1:19.42) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000 in

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* * 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub