Japanese long-distance runner
Akio Usami
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| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Born | (1943-05-31) 31 May 1943 (age 80)
Tsubame, Niigata, Japan |
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| Sport | Long-distance running |
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| Event | Marathon |
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Akio Usami (宇佐美 彰朗, Usami Akio, born 31 May 1943) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
His most important win in his marathoning career occurred at the prestigious 1970 Fukuoka Marathon, in which he ran a personal best 2:10:37.8 (also setting a Japanese record at the time). He beat runner-up Kenny Moore by nearly a minute.[2]
