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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiromi Taniguchi is the 2,696th most popular athlete (up from 2,975th in 2019). (up from 4,886th in 2019)

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Among athletes, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 2,696 out of 6,025. Before him are Dong Hyun Kim, Constanța Burcică, Voitto Hellsten, Paula Radcliffe, Joseph Keter, and Kirk Baptiste. After him are Robson da Silva, Marina Wilke, Lars Riedel, Gabriele Löwe, José Manuel Abascal, and Wang Yan.

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Among people born in 1960, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 649. Before him are Zablon Simintov, Francesca Archibugi, Philippe Omnès, Peter Heather, Petar Lesov, and Bajram Kosumi. After him are Silk Smitha, Svetlana Kitova, Johnny Paul Koroma, John Elway, Megan Gallagher, and Road Warrior Animal.

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