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{{Short description|Japanese sprinter and hurdler}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{JPN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]]|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|400 m hurdles}}
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{{nihongo|'''Dai Tamesue'''|為末大|Tamesue Dai|born May 3, 1978 in [[Hiroshima]]}} is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men's 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021).
Bronze medalist of the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 World Championships]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] and [[2005 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Helsinki]].

Tamesue represented Japan in the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing Olympics.  He started running professionally in 2003 and retired after 25 years of competitive athletics in 2012.

Pursuing ways to pass on the benefits of sports into society through associate organizations; Samurai Co., Ltd. (Representative Director), Athlete Society (Representative Director, Founded 2010),  Xiborg (Founded 2014 ).

Assigned to Bhutan's Olympic Committee (BOC) ambassador in April 2015.  Continues to support countries that are limited in Olympic medal experiences.

Other assignments include;
Specially assigned researcher for the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology in Tokyo University (2014)
Member of the evaluation committee for the New National Stadium reconstruction planning procedure of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2015)
Sports Legacy Project management committee member for the Tokyo Marathon Foundation.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{JPN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|4th
|400 m
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres|46.03]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:06.01]]
|-
|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|6th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:20.18]]
|-
|1999
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Palma de Mallorca, Spain]]
|9th (sf)
|400 m hurdles
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.84]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|62nd (h)
|400 m hurdles
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|61.81]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2001
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|400 m hurdles
|49.28
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:03.74
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|400 m hurdles
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|47.89]]
|-
|13th (h)
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:02.75]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Busan, South Korea]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|400 m hurdles
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.29]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:05.85]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|18th (sf)
|400 m hurdles
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.37]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|10th (sf)
|400 m hurdles
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.46]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|400 m hurdles
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|48.10]]
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|21st (h)
|400 m hurdles
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.67]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing, China]]
|19th (h)
|400 m hurdles
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.82]]
|-
|14th (h)
|4 × 400 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:04.18]]
|}

==References==
Unitar.org

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
*{{Twitter}}

{{Japan Championships in Athletics men's 400 metres hurdles champions}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Hiroshima]]
[[Category:Japanese male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Olympic male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]