Genki Dean
| File:Dean Genki congratulated by Yohei Kono.jpg Dean at the 2012 Japan Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japanese |
| Born | 30 December 1991 Kobe, Japan |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | Javelin throw |
| College team | Waseda University |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 84.66 m (2025) |
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
[edit | edit source]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 competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, throwing 77.01 metres without advancing to the final.[11]
Seasonal bests by year
[edit | edit source]- 2009 - 70.57 m
- 2010 - 78.57 m
- 2011 - 79.20 m
- 2012 - 84.28 m
- 2013 - 80.15 m
- 2014 - 77.32 m
- 2015 - 75.09 m
- 2016 - 79.59 m
- 2017 - 75.30 m
- 2018 - 76.33 m
- 2019 - 78.00 m
- 2020 - 84.05 m
- 2021 - 82.15 m
- 2022 - 82.34 m
- 2023 - 83.15 m
- 2024 - 83.19 m
- 2025 - 84.66 m
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Roderick Genki Dean at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Genki Dean at JAAF (in Japanese)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Genki Dean – Paris 2024 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Roderick Genki Dean at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Roderick Genki Dean at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Roderick Genki Dean – Paris 2024 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Genki Dean – London 2012 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
Asian Athletics Champions in men's javelin throw | |
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Japanese men javelin throwers
- Olympic men javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Japanese people of English descent
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Sportspeople from Kobe
- Athletes from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Sportspeople of English descent
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)