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{{Short description|Japanese pole vaulter (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Flickr_-_tpower1978_-_Japan_Athletics_Championships_(2).jpg
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| caption = At the 92nd [[Japan Championships in Athletics|Japan Athletics Championships]] in June 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Osaka]]
| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 74 kg
| country = {{JPN}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = [[Pole vault]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships|2002 Colombo]]|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships|2005 Incheon]]|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Daichi Sawano'''|澤野大地|''Sawano Daichi''|born 16 September 1980 in [[Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka]] and raised in Chiba Prefecture}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[pole vault]]er.

His personal best is 5.83 metres, which is the current Japanese National Record (as of 2019/01/01) achieved in May 2005 in [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]. Sawano is a three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2016), two-time Olympic Finalist, whose best finish was 7th at the Rio Olympics (2016).<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

Sawano is currently coached by the staff at the University of Japan (Nichidai) and USA Track and Field National Pole Vault Chair, Brian Yokoyama.  He was formerly coached by former Japanese record holder Teruyasu Yonekura and renown Japanese pole coach Yamazaki.

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{JPN}}
|-
|2002
|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.40 m]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|10th (q)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|14th (q)
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|13th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|8th
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|[[2005 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.40 m]]
|-
|rowspan=5|2006
|[[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Pattaya, Thailand]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|9th (q)
|[[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|6th
|5.65 m
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#Pole vault|5.70 m]]<ref>Representing Asia</ref>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
|2007
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
| – (q)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|NM]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Pole vault|5.45 m]]
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain]]
|10th (q)
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|16th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|10th
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.45 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold | 1st
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|14th
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|14th (q)
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.40 m]]
|-
|2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
|2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]
|7th
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|27th (q)
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.45 m]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{JAAF}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Team Japan|olympic/riodejaneiro/sports/athletics/team/sawanodaichi}}
* {{Team Japan|olympic/beijing/sports/athletics/team/sawanodaichi}}
* {{Team Japan|olympic/athens/sports/athletics/team/sawanodaichi}}

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