Mahau Suguimati

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Camargo and the second or paternal family name is Suguimati.
Mahau Suguimati
Personal information
Full nameMahau Camargo Suguimati
Nationality Brazil
Born (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 40)
São Miguel do Araguaia, Brazil
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres hurdles
ClubAtlético Clube Paranavaí (BRA)
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m hurdles: 48.67 s (2009)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Brazil
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena 400 m hurdles
Ibero-American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Iquique 400 m hurdles

Mahau Camargo Suguimati (born November 13, 1984) is a Brazilian track hurdler of Japanese ancestry.[1][2] Since the age of eight, Suguimati had lived and studied for sixteen years in Niiza, Japan. Suguimati also attended schools around the prefecture, where he discovered his natural ability and talent of running and hurdling, under his personal coach and trainer Atsushi Hishinuma.[3] He made his international debut, and represented his birth nation Brazil at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished seventh in the final of the 400 m hurdles, with his personal best time of 49.63 seconds.[4]

Suguimati qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after claiming the gold medal from the Brazil Trophy Box in São Paulo, with an A-standard time of 49.15 seconds.[5] He ran in the first heat of the men's 400 m hurdles, against six other athletes, including Bershawn Jackson of the United States, who eventually won the bronze medal in the final. He finished the race in third place by a quarter second margin (0.25) behind Jackson, and twenty-one hundredths of a second behind South Africa's Pieter de Villiers, with a time of 49.45 seconds. Suguimati qualified directly for the next round, as he secured the last mandatory place from the first heat.[6] In the semi-final round, Suguimati, however, felt short in his bid to advance into the final round, when he placed seventh in the second heat, outside his personal best of 50.16 seconds.[7]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Suguimati missed out of the medal podium, when he finished fifth in the final of the men's 400 m hurdles, by two hundredths of a second faster from his first personal best, with a time of 49.61 seconds.

Personal bests

  • 200 m: 21.62 (wind: +1.3 m/s) – Japan Maebashi, 27 June 2004
  • 400 m: 46.21 – Japan Gifu, 8 October 2012
  • 400 m hurdles: 48.67 – Japan Niigata, 3 October 2009

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Brazil
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th 400 m hurdles 49.63
2008 Ibero-American Championships Iquique, Chile 1st 400 m hurdles 50.07
Olympic Games Beijing, China 15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.16
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 4th 400 m hurdles 51.50
World Championships Berlin, Germany 24th (h) 400 m hurdles 51.05
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 3rd 400 m hurdles 49.87
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd 400 m hurdles 51.11
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 23rd (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.89
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 5th 400 m hurdles 49.61
2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 1st 400 m hurdles 49.86
World Championships Moscow, Russia 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.27
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 3rd 400 m hurdles 50.47
Ibero-American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 3rd 400 m hurdles 49.99
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22nd (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.77
2019 South American Championships Lima, Peru 5th 400 m hurdles 51.15
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.13
2021 South American Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 1st 400 m hurdles 51.25
2022 Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 7th 400 m hurdles 52.90
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:10.12
World Championships Eugene, United States 33rd (h) 400 m hurdles 52.43

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mahau Suguimati". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ Biografía - General - CAMARGO SUGUIMATI Mahau - Brasil (in Spanish), archived from the original on May 2, 2014, retrieved May 2, 2014
  3. ^ "Mahau Suguimati representa o Brasil nas Olimpíadas de Pequim" [Mahau Suguimati represented Brazil at the Beijing Olympics] (in Portuguese). IPC Digital Brazil. 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  4. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (28 July 2007). "Cuba's five-gold party – Pan Am Games, Day 5". IAAF. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Mahau Suguimati garante vaga nos Jogos Olímpicos" [Mahau Suguimati guarantees a place in the Olympics] (in Portuguese). Guiame. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinal – Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.