Yuto Seko
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| Born | 16 March 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.33 m (2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Yuto Seko (born 16 March 1998) is a Japanese high jumper. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
He was a silver medalist at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran, clearing 2.19 metres to finish runner-up on countback to compatriot Ryoichi Akamatsu.[2][3] He finished in third place at the Golden Grand Prix in May 2024 with a jump of 2.20 metres.[4]
He cleared 2.25 metres to set a new meeting record at the Hyogo Relay Carnival in Kobe in April 2025.[5] In July 2025, he finished fifth at the Japanese Athletics Championships.[6] The following month, he equalled the Japanese outdoor national record and improved his personal best with a jump of 2.33 metres whilst competing at the Athletes Night Games in Fukui, Japan.[7][8][9]
In September, he qualified for the final and placed tenth overall at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[10][11][12]
In February 2026, he won the gold medal in the high jump at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China.[13]
References
- ^ "Yuto Seko". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "11th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ 共同通信社. "【陸上】走り高跳び・赤松諒一はV2 準決勝で日本タイ記録出した多田修平２位 アジア室内選手権 - 陸上 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Men's High Jump: Yuto Seko placed third with a jump of 2.20m, the best result for a Japanese athlete. DL Final winner Woo Sang-hyuk placed second with a jump of 2.27m.[Seiko GGP Track and Field]". TBS Television. May 19, 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Yuto Seko wins the men's high jump with a distance of 2.25m, setting a new record for the first time in 27 years. Mano, who has represented Japan at two consecutive World Championships in Athletics, comes in second. [Hyogo Relay Carnival]". TBS Television. April 20, 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "瀬古、２メートル３３でＶ＝高跳び歴代２位、代表に前進―福井陸上". Excite.co.jp (in Japanese). 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Yuto Seko takes big step towards joining the Japanese national team - High jump/Athletics". Sanspo.com. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Seko wins with a height of 2.33 meters, the second-highest jump ever, and moves closer to becoming a member of the national team at Fukui Athletics". topics.smt.docomo.ne.jp. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships return to Tokyo". Japan Today. September 11, 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 Feb 2026. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.