Satoru Tanigawa

Satoru Tanigawa (谷川 聡, Tanigawa Satoru, born 5 July 1972 in Tokyo^[1]) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.^[2] He represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics reaching the second round on both occasions.

His personal best of 13.39 (+1.5 m/s), set in the heats of the 2004 Olympic Games, is the current national record.

Competition record[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
1998	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	110 m hurdles	14.37
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	14th (sf)	110 m hurdles	14.12
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	23rd (h)	110 m hurdles	13.58
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	25th (qf)	110 m hurdles	13.94
2001	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.98
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	27th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.85
2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.83
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	26th (qf)	110 m hurdles	13.70
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	30th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.25

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