Arata Fujiwara (藤原 新, Fujiwara Arata, born 12 September 1981)[1] is a Japanese marathon runner.
Personal information | |
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Born | 12 September 1981 |
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
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Country | Japan |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany, Fujiwara finished 61st in the men's marathon in a time of two hours, thirty-one minutes and ten seconds.[1]
He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 45th place.[2] He qualified for the Games by finishing second in the 2012 Tokyo Marathon.[3]
Personal Bests
edit- 5000 metres – 13:49.70 (2007)
- 10,000 metres – 28:57.28 (2007)
- 20K run – 58:25 (2012)
- Half marathon – 1:01:34 (2012)
- Marathon – 2:07:48 (2012)[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Fujiwara, Arata Biography". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 marathon men Results - Olympic athletics". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Villar, Ruairidh (12 March 2012). "Curvy dancing prepares Fujiwara for marathon". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Arata FUJIWARA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
External links
edit- Arata Fujiwara at World Athletics
- Arata Fujiwara at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Arata Fujiwara at Olympedia (archive)
- Arata Fujiwara at Olympics.com
- Arata Fujiwara – London 2012 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)