Koki Ueyama

He qualified to participate at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships and competed in the men's 200m and in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay events.{{Cite web |title=200 Metres Men – Round 1 – Summary |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6082/AT-200-M-h----.RS4.pdf?v=2007485014 |accessdate=25 November 2023 |publisher=IAAF}}{{Cite web |title=4 x 100 Metres Relay – Round 1 – Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6082/AT-4X1-M-h----.RS6.pdf |accessdate=25 November 2023 |publisher=IAAF}} During the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, he finished the heat event of the 200m race with a timing of 21.04 seconds, which propelled him to compete in the semi-finals of the 200m race.{{Cite web |title=200 Metres Men – Semi-Final – Summary |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6082/AT-200-M-sf----.RS4.pdf?v=520240270 |accessdate=25 November 2023 |publisher=IAAF}}

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He represented Japan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and competed in the men's 200m and men's 4 × 100 metres relay events. He reached the semi-finals of the men's 200m event during the 2022 World Athletics Championships after an impressive finish in the heat event with a timing of 20.26 seconds.{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-200-M-h----.RS4.pdf|title=Heat 1 results of 200m - 2022 World Athletics Championships|website=IAAF}}{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-200-M-sf----.SL2.pdf|title=Semi-final results of 200m - 2022 World Athletics Championships|website=IAAF}} In June 2022, he secured a gold medal in the men's 200m event at the 106th edition of the Japan Championships in Athletics.{{Cite web |title=2022 Japan Championships in Athletics - results |url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/files/upload/202206/12_203027.pdf |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=JAAF}}

Koki Ueyama represented Japan at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships and claimed a bronze medal in the men's 200m event.{{Cite web |title=Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Uzawa Towa clinches men's 200m title |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-athletics-championships-2023-uzawa-towa-men-200m-title |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=Olympics}} He also represented Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and competed in the men's 200m event.{{cite web |date=22 August 2023 |title=START LIST 200 Metres Men - Round 1 |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-200-M-h----.SL2.pdf |accessdate=25 November 2023 |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations}}{{cite web |date=23 August 2023 |title=SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Round 1 |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-200-M-h----.RS4.pdf |accessdate=25 November 2023 |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations}}

He represented Japan at the 2022 Asian Games and took part in the men's 200m event. He clinched a gold medal in the final of the men's 200m race, which turned out to be a close-fought contest as he edged past Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Abkar Mohammed by the barest of margins with only a difference of 0.03 seconds.{{Cite web |title=Ueyama edges Mohammed in thrilling finish to win men's 200m title in Hangzhou Asiad-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20231002/4380f0cb69b9477da5a5ffd68d95cde9/c.html |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=english.news.cn}}{{Cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=Saudi's Abdullah Abkar claims 200m silver at Asian Games |url=https://arab.news/5jphk |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=Arab News |language=en}} He also secured Japan's first track and field gold medal during the course of the 2022 Asian Games. Initially, Qatari track and field athlete Femi Ogunode took the lead for the front half of the race, and Koki Ueyama then managed to claim the lead in the 200m final, and Koki eventually won the race with a timing of 20.60 seconds.{{Cite web |title=Asian Games 2023 athletics: Ueyama Koki narrowly wins close men's 200m final |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-athletics-ueyama-koki-narrowly-wins-close-men-s-200m-final |access-date=25 November 2023 |website=Olympics}} He was also one of the members of the Japanese team which secured bronze in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay final during the 2022 Asian Games.{{cite web |date=25 November 2023 |title=Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final Results |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/ATH/AG2022-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf |website=Hangzhou 2022}}

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Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese male sprinters

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan

Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan

Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

Category:Athletes from Mie Prefecture

Category:Olympic athletes for Japan

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics