Shigeyuki Aikyo
Japanese steeplechase runner
Shigeyuki Aikyo (Japanese: 愛敬 重之; born 29 January 1964) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the gold medallist at the 1986 Asian Games and the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships. He was also a two-time Universiade bronze medallist and a two-time national champion.
Aikyo was Asia's only steeplechase competitor at the World Championships in Athletics in both 1983 and 1987. He competed for Asia at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. His personal best of 8:31.27 minutes was a Japanese junior national record until it was broken by Ryuji Miura in 2020.
Career
Aikyo emerged as a teenage athlete in the 1983 season. Still studying at university, he was eligible for the Universiade that year and managed to finish in third place behind Peter Daenens and Farley Gerber. He was chosen to represent Japan at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics. The only Asian entrant in the event, he ran a time of 8:31.27 minutes to progress beyond the heat stage.
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