Hiromi Taniguchi

Hiromi Taniguchi

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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiromi Taniguchi is the 2,723rd most popular athlete (up from 2,976th in 2024). (up from 4,886th in 2019)