Dai Tamesue

Dai Tamesue

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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Japan
World Championships
	2001 Edmonton	400 m hurdles
	2005 Helsinki	400 m hurdles
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	400 m hurdles

Dai Tamesue (為末大, Tamesue Dai, born May 3, 1978 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.

Tamesue won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, setting a new personal best of 47.89 which still stands, and won another bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He finished third again at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with 48.10. In driving rain, he started fast to take the early lead before being overtaken on the final bend. He dived over the line for a bronze to edge out Kerron Clement of the USA who jogged over the line.

He lives in San Diego, and trains in the Chula Vista Olympic Center. Studies ESL and is married. One of his hobbies is riding bicycles to commute around Balboa Park area where he lives.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	4th	400 m	46.03
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.01
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.18
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.84
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	62nd (h)	400 m hurdles	61.81
2001	Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.28
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.74
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	400 m hurdles	47.89
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.75
2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	3rd	400 m hurdles	49.29
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.85
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.37
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	48.46
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	400 m hurdles	48.10
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	21st (h)	400 m hurdles	49.67
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	19th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.82
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.18

External links

• Dai Tamesue profile at IAAF
• Dai Tamesue on Twitter