Koji Sakurai
 Koji Sakurai at the 1964 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 18 February 1936 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Triple jump |
| Club | Waseda University, Tokyo |
Koji Sakurai (桜井 孝次, Sakurai Kōji, born 18 February 1936) is a Japanese retired triple jumper. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best achievement of seventh place in 1956. His personal best was 16.18 m, set in 1963.[1]
Sakurai finished second behind fellow Japanese athlete Tomio Ota in the triple jump event at the British 1962 AAA Championships[2][3] and won the event at the 1963 AAA Championships.[4]
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- ^ "Koji Sakurai". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Tulloch the Triumphant". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 15 July 1962. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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