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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 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)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 2,723 out of 6,025. Before him are Andreas Zingerle, Voitto Hellsten, Paula Radcliffe, Joseph Keter, Uwe Proske, and Kirk Baptiste. After him are Robson da Silva, Marina Wilke, Lars Riedel, Roland Schröder, Gabriele Löwe, and José Manuel Abascal.

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Among people born in 1960, Hiromi Taniguchi ranks 743. Before him are Matthias Gey, Philippe Omnès, Peter Heather, Marta Urbanová, Petar Lesov, and Bajram Kosumi. After him are Silk Smitha, Svetlana Kitova, Johnny Paul Koroma, John Elway, Megan Gallagher, and Paul Baloff.

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