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Apr 05, 1960 64 years old
Japanese long-distance runner
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About Hiromi Taniguchi
- Hiromi Taniguchi (?? ??, 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-Oita Marathon in 1985 and the London Marathon in 1987.
