is a retired
long-distance runner from
Japan, who represented his native country at the
1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles, California
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. He won the 1976 edition of the
Košice Peace Marathon
The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held ...
in
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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. His twin brother is also a retired Olympic marathoner.
He trained
2016 Olympics
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marathon runner
Satoru Sasaki
Satoru Sasaki ( ja, 佐々木悟; born October 16, 1985) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.
Sasaki finished 3rd at the 2015 Fukuoka Marathon in 2:08:56, an IAAF Road Race Label Events#Gold Label, IAAF Gold Labe ...
and runs the marathon program for the
Japan Association of Athletics Federations.
His PR in the marathon was 2:08:55 at the 1983
Tokyo Marathon, finishing second, 17 seconds behind fellow Japanese runner
Toshihiko Seko.
Achievements
References
External links
1980 Year Ranking
1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ōita Prefecture
Japanese male long-distance runners
Japanese male marathon runners
Olympic male marathon runners
Olympic athletes of Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Japanese twins
Twin sportspeople
Identical twins
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