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Hiromi Taniguchi

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiromi Taniguchi has received more than 31,502 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiromi Taniguchi is the 2,885th most popular athlete.

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  • 36.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 2,885 out of 6,025. Before him are Ramaz Paliani, Yuliya Gushchina, Carsten Embach, Yuko Arimori, Betty Heidler, and Kathy Hammond. After him are Grigoriy Yegorov, Andrew Valmon, Peter Radford, Nafissatou Thiam, Quentin Fillon Maillet, and Clarence DeMar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 723. Before him are Sergey Belyayev, Vicki Lewis, Wallace Roney, Steve Blum, April Winchell, and Prvoslav Vujcic. After him are Peter Fitzgerald, Adam Schiff, Douglas H. Wheelock, Ni Yulan, Bernard Rose, and Marina Kosheveya.

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