MARUO Satoshi

Japan

Athletics

Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KYOTO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KYOTO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 50km Race Walk	32

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Men's 50km Race Walk Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2017	London, GBR	4th (3:43:03)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50km Race Walk
2018	Indonesia	4th (4:14:13)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	50km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	3:44:52
4	2017	50km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	3:43:03
18	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:56

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Maruchan (wakayama2015.jp, 07 Sep 2014)

Hobbies:

Landscape photography. (nikkansports.com, 04 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Education:

Biwako Seikei Sport College, Japan

Family:

One daughter

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Aichi Steel [Japan]

Coach:

Yotsunori Abe [club], JPN; Daisuke Kodama [club], JPN; Fumio Imamura [national], JPN

Injuries:

He had surgery in order to remove part of the patella in his left knee in grade 11 of high school. (radichubu.jp, 17 Oct 2017)

Start:

He took up athletics in middle school, and began race walking in grade 11 at Rakunan High School in Kyoto, Japan. (radichubu.jp, 17 Oct 2017; nishio-rotary.org, 13 Mar 2018; nikkansports.com, 04 Jun 2020)

Reason:

He originally got into athletics after taking part in a marathon with his father as a child, before switching to race walking in high school. He admits that he did not like race walking in the beginning, but after surgery on his knee he grew to appreciate the discipline. "When I was not even able to walk [after surgery], I felt ashamed that I had hated race walking." (radichubu.jp, 17 Oct 2017)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 07 Nov 2017)

Award:

In 2017 he was named Athlete of the Year by the Chubu Industrial Track and Field Association in Japan. (chubu.jita-trackfield.jp, 01 May 2018)

In 2017 he received the Kyoto City Sports Honorary Award in Japan. (city.kyoto.lg.jp, 19 Oct 2017)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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