Shigeki Toyoshima (born March 5, 1971) is a Japanese former
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er. He was a bronze medallist in his event at the
1998 Asian Games
The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...
, sharing the position with Malaysia's
Loo Kum Zee with a jump of 2.19 m. He cleared the same height at the
1991 Asian Athletics Championships
The ninth Asian Championships in Athletics were held in 1991 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Medal summary Men's events
* Some English-language sources, such as GBR Athletics, erroneously state that Kim Bok-joo was 1991 Asian Championships runner-up ...
to take the silver medal. He twice competed at the
IAAF World Indoor Championships (1997 and 1999).
At national level, he won once at the
Japan Championships in Athletics, taking the title with a jump of 2.24 m in 1998. He also won at the
National Sports Festival of Japan in 1994 with that same height.
Japanese National Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
International competitions
National titles
* Japan Championships in Athletics
**High jump: 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
* National Sports Festival of Japan
**High jump: 1994
See also
*List of high jump national champions (men)
Below a list of all national champions in the men's high jump event in track and field from several countries since 1980.
Argentina
*1980: Fernando Pastoriza
*1981: Oscar Baronetto
*1982: Carlos Gambetta
*1983: Fernando Pastoriza
*1984: Fer ...
*List of Asian Games medalists in athletics
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in Track and field, athletics from 1951 to 2018.
Men
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
5000 m
10,000 m
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 40 ...
References
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1971 births
Living people
Japanese male high jumpers
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
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