Kei Takase

Kei Takase
Takase at 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-11-25) 25 November 1988
Shizuoka, Japan
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres
200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 metres 10.09 (-0.1 m/s) (Kawasaki 2015)
200 metres 20.14 (+1.0 m/s) (Kumagaya 2015)

Kei Takase (髙瀬 慧, Takase Kei; born 25 November 1988 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and was part of the Japanese 4 × 400 m team. He also competed in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, held in Moscow. More recently he took part in 100 metres races in various meetings, clocking 10.09 into a slight headwind in Kawasaki in May 2015, performing well enough to represent Japan in the 100 m at the 2015 World Championships as well as in the 200 m. He competed at the 2016 Olympics in the 200 m, only.