Seito Yamamoto
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| Born | 11 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seito Yamamoto (山本 聖途, Yamamoto Seito; born 11 March 1992 in Okazaki, Aichi)[1] is a Japanese pole vaulter.[2] He competed in the pole vault event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics failing to clear any height in the qualifying round all three times.[3] His biggest success to date is the sixth place at the 2013 World Championships.
He has personal bests of 5.75 metres outdoors (Hiratsuka 2013) and 5.77 metres indoors (Reno 2016). He is a six-times Japanese national champion and two-times national indoor champion.[2]
He is a graduate of Chukyo University.[4]
International competitions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Seito Yamamoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b Seito Yamamoto at World Athletics
- ^ "Seito Yamamoto at Olympics.com". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ Jiwani, Rory; Kim, Daum (25 June 2020). "Yamamoto Seito sees pressure as motivating factor for Tokyo". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- Seito Yamamoto at World Athletics
- Seito Yamamoto at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Seito Yamamoto – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Seito Yamamoto at Olympedia
- Seito Yamamoto at Olympics.com
- Seito Yamamoto – Tokyo 2020 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Seito Yamamoto – Rio 2016 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Seito Yamamoto – London 2012 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
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