Hitoshi Saito (athlete)

Hitoshi Saito

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) (age 38) Tochigi, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tsukuba
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	200 metres 4×100 metres relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.35 (Tokyo 2008) 200 m: 20.42 (Sapporo 2009)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Japan Asian Championships Gold medal – first place 2011 Kobe 4×100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2011 Kobe 200 m Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guangzhou 200 m

Hitoshi Saito (齋藤 仁志, Saitō Hitoshi, born 9 October 1986 in Tochigi) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented his country at two consecutive World Championships, in 2009 and 2011. He was also the reserve relay member at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was ultimately not selected to run.

Personal bests

Event	Time (s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
100 m	10.35 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Kanto University Championships	Tokyo, Japan	18 May 2008
	10.30 (wind: +6.5 m/s)	Chūhei Nambu Memorial	Sapporo, Japan	15 July 2007	Wind-assisted
200 m	20.42 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Japanese Championships	Hiroshima, Japan	26 June 2009
	20.37 (wind: +2.3 m/s)	Japanese Championships	kawasaki, Japan	26 June 2008	Wind-assisted

International competition

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
Representing Japan
2007	Summer Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	8th	200 m	21.34 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
			5th	4×100 m relay	39.45 (relay leg: 2nd)
			— (h)	4×400 m relay	DNS (relay leg: 3rd)
2009	Summer Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	7th	200 m	22.22 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			— (h)	4×100 m relay	DQ (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	47th (h)	200 m	21.38 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	3rd	200 m	21.10 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	200 m	20.75 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			1st	4×100 m relay	39.18 (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	19th (sf)	200 m	21.17 (wind: -1.0 m/s)
			9th (h)	4×100 m relay	38.66 (relay leg: 4th) SB

External links

• Hitoshi Saito at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Hitoshi Saito at TBS (archived) (in Japanese)
• Hitoshi Saito at Olympics.com
• Hitoshi Saito on Instagram