Seito Yamamoto

Seito Yamamoto

Personal information
Born	(1992-03-11) March 11, 1992
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event	Pole vault
Medal record Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Pole vault

Seito Yamamoto (山本 聖途, Yamamoto Seito, born 11 March 1992 in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese pole vaulter. He competed in the pole vault event at the 2012 Summer Olympics failing to clear any height in the qualifying round. His biggest success to date is the sixth place at the 2013 World Championships.

He has personal bests of 5.75 metres outdoors (Hiratsuka 2013) and 5.77 metres indoors (Reno 2016).

International competitions

Representing Japan

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	NM
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	5.60 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	5.75 m
	East Asian Games	Tianjin, China	1st	5.50 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	–	NM
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	2nd	5.50 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	23rd (q)	5.65 m
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	5.60 m
	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	10th	5.55 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	–	NM
	DécaNation	Marseille, France	2nd	5.60 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	26th (q)	5.30 m
	DécaNation	Angers, France	3rd	5.50 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	5.70 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	5.51 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	20th (q)	5.60 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	25th (q)	5.30 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	15th (q)	5.65 m
2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	–	NM