Naoki Koyama

Naoki Koyama
Koyama at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996
Saitama, Japan[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]

Naoki Koyama (born 12 May 1996)[1][2] is a Japanese marathon runner. Koyoma set a course record of 2:07:40 at the 2023 Gold Coast Marathon in Australia[3] and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning the Marathon Grand Championships in Japan.[4][5] At the Olympics, Koyama placed 23rd in the men's marathon.[6] He was present at the opening of the Museum of World Athletics Heritage Athletics exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in July 2025.[7]

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b c "KOYAMA Naoki". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Naoki KOYAMA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Course record by Naoki Koyama at Gold Coast | AIMS | race_news_rubric". aims-worldrunning.org. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Athletics: Koyama wins MGC, earns Paris Olympic marathon berth". Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  5. ^ LetsRun.com (14 October 2023). "Naoki Koyama (2:08:57) and Yuka Suzuki (2:24:09) Win 2023 Marathon Grand Championship - 2023 Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials Results". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  6. ^ Gallagher, Jack (10 August 2024). "Akira Akasaki Finishes 6th in Olympic Marathon with Personal-Best Time | JAPAN Forward". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  7. ^ Jiminez, Gretelle (8 July 2025). "MOWA exhibition opens in Tokyo". Inside The Games. Retrieved 16 November 2025.