Kazuto Iizawa
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| Born | 1 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:35.62 (2024) Mile: 3:56.01 (2023) 3000m: 8:07.06 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kazuto Iizawa (born 2 February 2001) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. He won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and 2025 Asian Athletics Championships over 1500 metres.[1]
Career
[edit]He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the first time in 2022, in Osaka.[2]
In 2023, he set a new Asian indoor record for the indoor mile run in Boston, Massachusetts, with a time of 3:56.01.[3] He won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Kazhakstan, running 3:42.83.[4][5][6]
He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the second time in 2024, in Nigata.[7]
He won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, running 3:42.56.[8][9]
He won the Japanese Athletics Championships over 1500 metres for the third time in Tokyo in July 2025.[10] He was selected as part of the Japanese team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kazuto Iizawa". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Does the Four-Minute Mile Matter Anymore?". Insidethehook. 13 Feb 2023. Retrieved 10 Sep 2025.
- ^ "10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 Feb 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Highlights of 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". News.cn. 12 Feb 2023. Retrieved 10 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Fang and Rahman take historic golds at Asian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 11 Feb 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics C'ships: India wins gold in 4x400m mixed relay, Tejaswin bags decathlon silver". Ianslive. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 10 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Japanese Championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 Sep 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
