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Roderick Genki Dean
Personal information
Dean at the 2012 Japan Championships (Athletics)
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1991-12-30) 30 December 1991 (age 32) Kobe, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)^[1]
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
College team	Waseda University
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Javelin throw: 84.28 m (Hiroshima 2012)

Roderick Genki Dean (Japanese: ディーン・ロドリック・元気; born 30 December 1991) is a Japanese athlete who competes in the javelin throw.^[1] He was born to a Japanese mother and a British father from Chester-le-Street, England.^[2] He has a degree in sports science from Waseda University.^[3]

Career

He started throwing the javelin at age 15 in high school and immediately displayed an aptitude for the discipline. He won a silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics throwing a new personal best of 76.44 m. He first came to prominence at the 2012 Japan Championships in Athletics, throwing 84.03 m, setting a new championship record, beating veteran Yukifumi Murakami and sealing his place in the Japanese team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Javelin throw.^[4] He was selected as the Most Valuable Male Athlete of the Japanese Championships. At the 2012 Olympics he threw 82.07m to qualify from the heats, but could not improve on this and finished 10th in the final with 79.95m.

In 2020 and 2021, he finished 2nd in the Japanese championships.^[5]

Dean won Japan's National Javelin Championship and earned gold medals in June 2022 and 2023, with 81.02 m and 82.65 m throws.^[6]^[7]^[8] In 2023, he won the Asian Championships, finished third in the Asian Games^[9]^[10] and competed at the World Championships, having also competed at the 2022 World Championships.^[5] He is currently ranked 8th in the world in his discipline.^[10]

Seasonal bests by year

2009 - 70.57
2010 - 78.57
2011 - 79.20
2012 - 84.28
2013 - 80.15
2014 - 77.32
2015 - 75.09
2016 - 79.59
2017 - 75.30
2018 - 76.33
2019 - 78.00
2020 - 84.05
2021 - 82.15
2022 - 82.34
2023 - 83.15

References

^ ^a ^b "Roderick Genki Dean: Athlete profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ "ディーン元気(やり投げ)プロフィール!高校生の時もカッコいい!". yumeotoku.com (in Japanese). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ McCurry, Justin (11 August 2012). "Japanese javelin star embraces British roots at London 2012". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ McCurry, Justin (24 July 2012). "Bicultural javelin thrower Genki Dean fielding a media frenzy". Japan Today. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Roderick Genki DEAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
^ "日本選手権男子やり投優勝者". 月陸Online｜月刊陸上競技 (in Japanese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "Dean Wins First National Title Since 2012 as National Track and Field Championships Wrap Up". japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ "ディーン元気 (Roderick Genki Dean) on Instagram: "Japan national championship's🥇 81.02m 応援ありがとうございました！😊 内容はともあれ勝てて良かった💪 来年から数年間は91年の新井と僕、どっちが勝つか負けるかの数年にしたい、しような‼️ けんじ、小南の代に負けへんぞっ！笑ここまで楽しくないことが大半で長かったけど頑張って良かったです。メッセージ等々ゆっくり返していきます。 ©️Agence SHOT #Javelinthrow #lifeisgood"". Instagram. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
^ NEWS, KYODO. "Asian Games: Japan manage 3 bronze medals in athletics". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Roderick Genki DEAN | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

Roderick Genki Dean at World Athletics
Genki Dean at JAAF (in Japanese)
Genki Dean – Paris 2024 at JAAF (in Japanese)
Roderick Genki Dean at Olympedia (archive)
Roderick Genki Dean at Olympics.com
Roderick Genki Dean at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Roderick Genki Dean – Paris 2024 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
Genki Dean – London 2012 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)

Asian Athletics Champions in men's javelin throw

1973: Allah Dad (PAK)
1975: Toshihiro Yamada (JPN)
1979–1981: Shen Maomao (CHN)
1983: Masami Yoshida (JPN)
1985: Pubu Ciren (CHN)
1987: Takahiro Yamada (JPN)
1989: Wang Wenzhong (CHN)
1991–1998: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN)
2000: Jagdish Kumar Bishnoi (IND)
2002–2005: Li Rongxiang (CHN)
2007: Chen Qi (CHN)
2009–2011: Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)
2013: Ivan Zaytsev (UZB)
2015: Huang Shih-feng (TPE)
2017: Neeraj Chopra (IND)
2019: Cheng Chao-tsun (TPE)
2023: Genki Dean (JPN)

Japan Championships in Athletics men's javelin throw champions

1915: Shinpei Higashiguchi
1916: Not held
1917–18: Kenkichi Saito
1919: Hiroshi Masuda
1920: Tadaomi Nimura
1921: Hiroshi Masuda
1922–23: Seiichi Ueda
1924: Not held
1925–27: Takeshi Ozaki
1928–29: Kosaku Sumiyoshi
1930: Kintaro Ito
1931–32: Kosaku Sumiyoshi
1933–35: Saburo Nagao
1936: Suzuki Gensaburo
1937–38: Masayuki Asakura
1939–40: Noboru Sugita
1941: Not held
1942: Noboru Ueno
1943–45: Not held
1946–48: Masashi Irino
1949: Gensaburo Suzuki
1950–52: Haruo Nagayasu
1953–55: Katsushige Watanabe
1956: Takashi Miki
1957: Rikuichi Shida
1958: Takashi Miki
1959: Rikuichi Shida
1960: Shigeru Shirai
1961–62: Takashi Miki
1963: Jānis Lūsis
1964–65: Takashi Miki
1966: Yumio Miyoshi
1967: Hisao Yamamoto
1968: Takashi Miki
1969–72: Hisao Yamamoto
1973–74: Mr. Onda
1975–77: Toshihiro Yamada
1978: Haruhiko Maki
1979: Kokita Kosao
1980: Toshihiko Takeda
1981: Masami Yoshida
1982: Yoshiya Kuriyama
1983–84: Masami Yoshida
1985: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi
1986: Masanori Amano
1987–89: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi
1990: Dmitriy Polyunik (URS)
1991: Patrik Bodén (SWE)
1992: Masami Yoshida
1993: Takahiro Yamada
1994–96: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi
1997: Toru Ue
1998: Toru Ue
1999: Mikio Tamura
2000–11: Yukifumi Murakami
2012: Genki Dean
2013: Yukifumi Murakami
2014–20: Ryohei Arai
2021: Takuto Kominami
2022-23: Genki Dean