Personal information | |
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Born | Usuki, Ōita, Japan | 9 January 1953
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Marathon: 2:09:05 (Beppu-Ōita 1978) |
Shigeru So (宗 茂, Sō Shigeru) (born 9 January 1953 in Usuki, Ōita) is a Japanese retired long-distance runner who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He won the 1985 edition of the Tokyo Marathon. His twin brother Takeshi So is also a retired Olympic marathoner, and finished fourth in Los Angeles, California (1984).
Some road racing authorities consider his winning run at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1978 (2:09:05.6) to have been a marathon world best.[nb 1]