About Kenji Tabata
Born 1974. Kenji Tabata is a Japanese athletics competitor.
is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
He won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships in a career best time of 45.69 seconds. He was then selected to represent Asia in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, and finished sixth with teammates Ibrahim Ismail Faraj, Sugath Tillakaratne and fellow Japanese sprinter Masayoshi Kan.
Tabata also competed at two World Championships (1999 and 2001) as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics where he failed to reach the final round.
International competition
1Competed only in the heat.
National titles Japanese Championships 400 m: 1998, 2002
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Who is Kenji Tabata?
Japanese sprinter
When was Kenji Tabata born?
Kenji Tabata was born on 24 September 1974 in Aichi Prefecture.
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Kenji Tabata is an athletics competitor.
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Kenji Tabata is Japanese.
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