Kazuhiro Takahashi (sprinter)

{{short description|Japanese sprinter}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kazuhiro Takahashi

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| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|27 July 1976}}

| birth_place = Nara Prefecture, Japan

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| alma_mater = Waseda University

| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rikuren.or.jp/press/2002/0830/athletes.pdf|title=Kazuhiro Takahashi Retired|date=11 July 2004|newspaper=Sports Hochi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712124420/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/sports/jul/o20040711_20.htm|archive-date=12 July 2004|access-date=14 November 2020|language=Japanese}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = Japan

| sport = Track and field

| event = Sprints

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| retired = 2004{{cite news|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hochi/sports/jul/o20040711_20.htm|title=Super Meet 2002 Yokohama|newspaper=JAAF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921140057/http://www.rikuren.or.jp/press/2002/0830/athletes.pdf|archive-date=21 September 2004|access-date=14 November 2020|language=Japanese}}

| pb =

100 m: 10.24 (1994)

200 m: 20.57 (1994)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Jakarta|4×100 m relay}}

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{{nihongo|Kazuhiro Takahashi|高橋 和裕|Takahashi Kazuhiro|extra=born 27 July 1976 in Nara Prefecture}} is a Japanese retired sprinter. He currently holds the Asian indoor record in the 4 × 400 metres relay with 3:05.90 minutes, achieved with teammates Jun Osakada, Masayoshi Kan and Shunji Karube in March 1999 in Maebashi.{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Asian-Continental-Records-As-of-31-Dec-2019.pdf|title=ASIAN Continental Records (as at 31 Dec 2019)|website=Asian Athletics Association|access-date=14 November 2020}} He also formerly held the Japanese record in the 200 metres with 20.57 seconds.

He is currently (2020) the athletic director at Hamamatsu Koto High School.{{cite news|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/athletics/news/202011140000247.html|title=浜松湖東・島田が早大合格「日の丸を背負う選手に」|date=14 November 2020|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114104635/https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/athletics/news/202011140000247.html|archive-date=14 November 2020|access-date=14 November 2020|language=Japanese}}