Hiromi Taniguchi
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Hiromi Taniguchi (谷口 浩美, Taniguchi Hiromi, born April 5, 1960) is a former Japanese long-distance runner, best known from winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of heat and humidity, which are reflected in the slow winning time of 2:14:57h. Taniguchi is the only male Japanese runner ever to have won a gold medal at World Championships.
Taniguchi also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1985 and the London Marathon in 1987.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
External links
- Hiromi Taniguchi at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiromi Taniguchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14.
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- 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS)
- 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)
- 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
- 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA)
- 1995: Martín Fiz (ESP)
- 1997: Abel Antón (ESP)
- 1999: Abel Antón (ESP)
- 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
- 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2007: Luke Kibet (KEN)
- 2009: Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2011: Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2013: Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)
- 2015: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI)
- 2017: Geoffrey Kirui (KEN)
- 2019: Lelisa Desisa (ETH)
- 2022: Tamirat Tola (ETH)
- 2023: Victor Kiplangat (UGA)
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