Rachid Muratake

{{short description|Japanese hurdler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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| name = Rachid Muratake

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|02|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Matsudo, Japan

| height = 1.79 m

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| sport = Athletics

| country = Japan

| event = 110 m hurdles

| education = Juntendo University

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| pb = {{ubl|60 mH: 7.60 s (Osaka 2022)|110 mH: 13.04 s (Kumagaya 2023) {{AthAbbr|=NR}}}}

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{{nihongo|Rachid Muratake|村竹ラシッド|Muratake Rashiddo|born 6 February 2002}} is a Japanese track and field athlete specializing in the high hurdles.{{World Athletics|14854913}} Born in Matsudo to a Togolese father and a Japanese mother, he studies at Juntendo University.{{Cite web |url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/66af270b07143922b37807b4.pdf |title=Men's 100 Metres Semifinal - Heat 1 |page=14 |publisher=World Athletics |date=4 August 2024}}

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles is 13.04 (-0.9 m/s) set in Kumagaya in 2023, which equaled the Japanese record and met the 2024 Olympic standard of 13.27.{{Cite web |title=Athletics track & combined events at Paris 2024: The entry standards |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/athletics-track-combined-events-at-paris-2024-the-entry-standards}} In March 2023, he also set the meet record for the event at the Sydney Track Classic in 13.25 (+0.3 m/s).{{cite news |title=2023 Sydney Track Classic Results |url=https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/aa/files/yitgcnqdzsoj6n1j.pdf |page=6 |publisher=Athletics Australia |date=11 March 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023}} His most impressive result to date is 5th place in the final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he ran a time of 13.21.{{cite web |title=Men's 110m Hurdles - Final results |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73B1_ATHM110MHURD----------FNL-000100--.pdf |website=Olympics |access-date=8 August 2024 |date=8 August 2024}} When he made his entrance, he performed an iconic pose from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which became a hot topic in Japan.{{cite web |title=5位入賞・村竹ラシッドの『ジョジョ立ち』にネット沸く「すごく似合うかっこいい」「入場目立っていたw」 |trans-title=5th place winner Muratake Rachid's "JoJo pose" has the internet buzzing with comments like "It suits him so well, he looks so cool" and "His entrance really stood out lol" |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0bfd4794d481c0045c713262ae63084dd332e1ca |website=Yahoo! Japan |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=9 August 2024}}