Hiromi Taniguchi, Date of Birth

Hiromi Taniguchi

Japanese long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1960

Profession: long-distance runner, marathon runner

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hiromi Taniguchi (?? ??, 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. Taniguchi also won the Beppu-Oita Marathon in 1985 and the London Marathon in 1987.