Hisanori Kitajima
Hisanori Kitajima (born October 16, 1984) is a Japanese long-distance runner.
University career[]
Kitajim competed for Toyo University and won a stage of the Hakone Ekiden.[1]
2015 season[]
He won the 2015 Sydney Marathon with a time of 2:12:44.[2] He also won the Nobeoka West Japan Marathon.[1]
2016 season[]
Kitajima finished 2nd at the 2016 Lake Biwa Marathon and was the top finishing runner from Japan. As this was a qualifying race for the Japanese Olympic Team he earned selection for the 2016 Olympics,[3] He earned second place by passing Suehiro Ishikawa with one kilometer to go.[1] where he finished 93rd overall.
References[]
- ^ a b c 0:00/- (2016-03-07). "Late surge puts Kitajima on path to Rio". The Japan News. Retrieved 2016-03-11.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "More than 30,000 compete in Sydney Running Festival, racing from Milsons Point to Opera House - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ^ "Lake Biwa-Marathon : Hisanori Kitajima holt Olympia-Ticket - RUNNER'S WORLD". Runnersworld.de. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
External links[]
- Hisanori Kitajima at World Athletics
- Hisanori Kitajima at JAAF (in Japanese)
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Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Japanese male long-distance runners
- Japanese male marathon runners
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes of Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners