| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | High jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | High jump: 2.27 m (2025) |
Naoto Hasegawa (born 15 November 1996) is a Japanese high jumper. He competed for Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2018 he won the Japanese Intercollegiate Championships with a jump of 2.18 meters. In 2019, his first year with Niigata Albirex RC, he broke the Nigata prefecture record by 1 centimetre with a jump of 2.25 meters, breaking a record that had stood for 28 years. He finished in a tie for second place at the Japanese Athletics Championships in October 2020.[2]
He was selected to represent Japan and cleared 2.23 metres to place fourth at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok in July 2023.[3][4] He subsequently represented Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August 2023, but did not progress from the qualifying heats.[5][6]
He competed for Japan at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, placing seventh overall with a successful clearance of 2.20 metres.[7]
He cleared 2.23 metres to place fourth at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea in May 2025.[8] In July 2025, he set a new personal best of 2.27 metres whilst competing in Nagaoka, Japan.[9] That month, he finished third at the Japanese Athletics Championships.[10] The following month, he equalled his personal best to win the high jump competition at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial, on a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, in Budapest, Hungary. [11][12]
Personal life
[edit]He attended Shibata Chuo High School in Nigata before later attending Niigata University of Health and Welfare.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Naoto Hasegawa". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ a b "High jumper Naoto Hasegawa fine-tunes his run-up to the Olympics during the off-season". Nikkansports.com (in Japanese). March 4, 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "アジア選手権代表78名決定 男子は坂井隆一郎、田澤廉、橋岡優輝、女子は田中希実、寺田明日香、秦澄美鈴、森本麻里子を選出". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "男子走高跳・長谷川直人は全体18位で決勝にあと一歩 今季ベストタイ2m25と健闘／世界陸上". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "79th Niigata Pref Championships". World Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "走高跳・長谷川直人が逆転でツアーゴールド初V パリ銀メダリスト抑える DL初出場へ／WAコンチネンタルツアー". rikujyokyogi.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix". World Athletics. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
