Shunji Karube

Shunji Karube

Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) (age 47) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres 400 m hurdles
Now coaching	Hosei University Track and Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 45.57 (Tokyo 1997) 800 m: 1:48.04 (1995) 400 m hurdles: 48.34 (Tokyo 1997)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris 400 m Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima 400 m hurdles 1998 Bangkok 4×400 m relay Asian Championships 1998 Fukuoka 4×400 m relay East Asian Games 1993 Shanghai 400 m hurdles 1997 Busan 4×400 m relay 1997 Busan 400 m

Shunji Karube (苅部 俊二, Karube Shunji, born 8 May 1969 in Minami-ku, Yokohama) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and occasionally the 400 metres.

He teaches sports at Hosei University.^[1]

Personal bests

Records

• 4×400 m relay
  • Former Japanese university record holder - 3:07.51 s (relay leg: 4th) (Tokyo, 19 May 1991)
• 400 metres (Indoor)
  • Former Asian record holder - 45.76 s (Paris, 9 March 1997)
  • Current Japanese record holder - 45.76 s (Paris, 9 March 1997)
• 4×400 m relay (Indoor)
  • Current Asian and Japanese record holder - 3:05.90 s (relay leg: 4th) (Maebashi, 6 March 1999)^[a]

^a with Kazuhiro Takahashi, Jun Osakada, and Masayoshi Kan

International competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	99 !– (sf)	400 m hurdles	9:99.99 !DNF
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	05 !5th	400 m	0:46.49 !46.49
			04 !4th	4×400 m relay	3:07.82 (relay leg: 1st)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	13 !13rd (sf)	400 m hurdles	0:49.94 !49.94
1993	East Asian Games	Shanghai, China	01 !1st	400 m hurdles	0:49.93 !49.93
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	12 !12nd (sf)	400 m hurdles	0:49.31 !49.31
			11 !11st (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:02.43 (relay leg: 2nd)
1994	Asian Games	Hiroshima, Japan	01 !1st	400 m hurdles	0:49.13 !49.13
			04 !4th	4×400 m relay	3:10.91 (relay leg: 4th)
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	07 !– (sf)	400 m hurdles	9:99.99 !DQ[2]
			08 !8th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:01.46 (relay leg: 1st)
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	12 !12nd (h)	400 m hurdles	0:48.96 !48.96
			05 !5th	4×400 m relay	3:00.76 (relay leg: 1st) AR
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	03 !3rd	400 m	0:45.76 !45.76 AR
			06 !6th	4×400 m relay	3:20.18 (relay leg: 1st)
	East Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	02 !2nd	400 m	0:46.08 !46.08
			01 !1st	4×400 m relay	3:04.35 (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10 !10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	0:48.81 !48.81
			10 !10th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:03.85 (relay leg: 1st)
	Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	07 !7th	400 m hurdles	0:49.02 !49.02
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	06 !6th	400 m	0:46.22 !46.22
			01 !1st	4×400 m relay	3:02.61 (relay leg: 3rd)
	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	01 !1st	4×400 m relay	3:01.70 (relay leg: 4th)
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	05 !5th	4×400 m relay	3:06.22 (relay leg: 4th)
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	17 !17th (h)	400 m hurdles	0:49.52 !49.52
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	15 !15th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:13.63 (relay leg: 1st)

National championships

He has won 3 times the individual national championship.

• 1 wins in the 400 metres (1993)
• 2 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1994, 1997)

References

1. ↑ Teachers' introductions, Department of Psychology, Hosei University.
2. ↑ 7th (h)

External links

• Shunji Karube profile at IAAF
• Shunji Karube profile at Sports Reference
• Official Blog