Satoru Sasaki
Japanese long-distance runner
Satoru Sasaki (Japanese: 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 Gold Label Road Race. He was the highest finishing runner from Japan in this race.[1] He achieved this without being an invited runner for the race.[2] This finish earned him selection for the 2016 Olympics,[3] where he finished 16th.
References
- ^ "Sasaki places third in Fukuoka Marathon". The Japan Times. 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ "Makau takes the tape again as Fukuoka champion - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun". Ajw.asahi.com. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ Marantz, Ken (February 28, 2016). "Lilesa puts best foot forward for win". The Japan News. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
External links
- Satoru Sasaki at World Athletics
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Japan Championships in Athletics men's marathon champions
- 1913–15: Shizo Kanakuri
- 1916: Tominosuke Kato
- 1917–18: Yuyuki Akiba
- 1919: Yahei Miura
- 1920: Choichi Goto
- 1921: Koji Shimomura
- 1922: Chojiro Nishida
- 1923: Masao Matsuoka
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Maru Saburo
- 1926: Masao Yamauchi
- 1927: Seiji Takahashi
- 1928: Kanematsu Yamada
- 1929: Kusu Yoshizo
- 1930: Seiji Takahashi
- 1931: Tamao Shiwaku
- 1932: Taika Gon (KOR)
- 1933: Kusu Yoshizo
- 1934: Isamu Nakata
- 1935: Sohn Kee-chung (KOR)
- 1936: Yu Suzuki
- 1937: Nagaharu Yanagi
- 1938: Shigekazu Kabazawa
- 1939: Kure Tosuke
- 1940: Shoichiro Takenaka
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Akihabara Yasuta
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946–47: Shinzo Koga
- 1948: Shunichi Watanabe
- 1949: Hiroshi Hashimoto
- 1950: Yoshikazu Noda
- 1951: Kiyoshi Shinozaki
- 1952: Hiroshi Hashimoto
- 1953: Kofu Hiroshima
- 1954: Yoshikatsu Takahashi
- 1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
- 1956: Keizo Yamada
- 1957–58: Sumio Horinouchi
- 1959: Yasuo Koshikawa
- 1960: Nobuyoshi Sadanaga
- 1961: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
- 1962: Toru Terasawa
- 1963: Jeff Julian (NZL)
- 1964: Kenji Kimihara
- 1965: Hidekuni Hiroshima
- 1966: Yoshiro Mifune
- 1967: Derek Clayton (AUS)
- 1968: Akio Usami
- 1969: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1970: Bill Adcocks (GBR)
- 1971: Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1972: Akio Usami
- 1973: Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1974: Akio Usami
- 1975: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1976: Akio Usami
- 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA)
- 1978: Takeshi So
- 1979: Toshihiko Seko
- 1980: Hiroshi Yuge
- 1981: Robert de Castella (AUS)
- 1982: Michio Mizukubo
- 1983: Toshihiko Seko
- 1984: Tetsuji Iwase
- 1985: Hisatoshi Shintaku
- 1986: Toshihiro Shibutani
- 1987: Takeyuki Nakayama
- 1988: Toshihiko Seko
- 1989: Manuel Matias (POR)
- 1990: Eddy Hellebuyck (BEL)
- 1991: Shuichi Morita
- 1992: Mike O'Reilly (GBR)
- 1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
- 1994: Kenichi Suzuki
- 1995: Masaki Oya
- 1996: Hiroshi Tako
- 1997: Toshiyuki Hayata
- 1998: Muneyuki Ojima
- 1999: Hiroshi Miki
- 2000: Atsushi Fujita
- 2001: Shigeru Aburaya
- 2002: Toshio Mano
- 2003: Tomoaki Kunichika
- 2004: Tadayuki Ojima
- 2005: Toshinari Takaoka
- 2006: Wataru Okutani
- 2007: Mitsuru Kubota
- 2008: Arata Fujiwara
- 2009: Tadashi Shitamori
- 2010: Tomoyuki Sato
- 2011: Yuki Kawauchi
- 2012: Hiroyuki Horibata
- 2013: Masakazu Fujiwara
- 2014: Kohei Matsumura
- 2015: Satoru Sasaki
- 2016: Hisanori Kitajima
- 2017: Hiroto Inoue
- 2018: Yuma Hattori
- 2019: Shogo Nakamura
- 2020: Naoya Sakuda