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Toru Terasawa

Japanese long-distance runner

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born: 1935
died: 2025
age at death: 90
known for: marathon runner, athletics competitor, long-distance runner

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who toru terasawa is

Toru Terasawa was a Japanese long-distance runner who on February 17, 1963 set a world record in the marathon with a time of 2:15:16 at the Beppu Marathon. Terasawa placed second in the marathon at the 1964 Japanese Olympic trials and 15th at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Terasawa is also a two-time champion of the Fukuoka Marathon; he set a Japanese national record during his 1962 victory (2:16:18.4) and improved on it when he won in 1964 (2:14:48.2).

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