Sasago Tani
Japanese sprinter
1924 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | (1894-05-09)9 May 1894 |
Died | 24 July 1956(1956-07-24) (aged 62)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 100m, 200m |
Sasago Tani (谷 三三五, Tani Sasago, 9 May 1894 – 24 July 1956) was a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and the 200 metres events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]
Tani was born Sasago Madono (真殿 三三五) in Iri Village [ja] in the former Wake District (today Bizen City) of Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from Meiji University and worked for the Japanese Government Railways, among other jobs. By 1924 he had changed his surname to Tani. In November 1925, at the age of 31, he became the first Japanese sprinter to break the 11-second mark in the 100 metre dash. He died in 1956.[3]
References
- ^ Sasago Tani at Olympedia
- ^ "Sasago Tani Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ "日本人初100メートル10秒台、谷選手を顕彰". Asahi Shimbun. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
功績を研究する岡山陸上競技協会顧問の石原和明さん(82)=備前市=によると、谷選手は旧和気郡伊里村(現・備前市伊里中)の真殿家に生まれた。明大卒業後に国鉄などに勤務した。谷姓となった後の1924年にパリ五輪へ県出身者としては初めて、100メートルと200メートルに出場した。
External links
- Sasago Tani at Olympedia
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Japan Championships in Athletics men's 100 metres champions
- 1913–14 Kazue Akashi
- 1915 Yuzo Saito
- 1916 Shinpei Higashiguchi
- 1197 Sasago Tani
- 1918 Tsunemasa Matsuda
- 1919 Munetoshi Date
- 1920 Kunio Hiraoka
- 1921 Masayuki Takagi
- 1922–23 Sasago Tani
- 1924: Not held
- 1925 Sasago Tani
- 1926 Sadao Tajima
- 1927 Takeuchi Heizo
- 1928 Iwao Aizawa
- 1929 Sakae Yano
- 1930 Chūhei Nambu
- 1931–32 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1933 Chūhei Nambu
- 1934 Mutsuo Taniguchi
- 1935 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1936 Kanayuzawa
- 1937 Masao Yazawa
- 1938–40 Takayoshi Yoshioka
- 1941: Not held
- 1942 Toshihiro Osada
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946 Nitawaki Isao
- 1947 Ichita Ikoma
- 1948 Nitawaki Isao
- 1949 Ichita Ikoma
- 1950 Tomio Hosoda
- 1951 Toshihiro Ohashi
- 1952 Herb McKenley (JAM)
- 1953 Ken Nakajima
- 1954–55 Kiyofuji Akira
- 1956–58 Kyohei Ushio
- 1959 Takeo Tamura
- 1960 Yojiro Muro
- 1961 Takeo Tamura
- 1962 Sergio Ottolina (ITA)
- 1963 Enrique Figuerola (CUB)
- 1964 Masaru Kamata
- 1965 Naoki Abe
- 1966 Toru Honda
- 1967 Junji Ishikawa
- 1968–71 Masahide Jinno
- 1972 Takao Ishizawa
- 1973–75 Masahide Jinno
- 1976 Tasaki Hiromichi
- 1977 Toshio Toyota
- 1978 Akira Harada
- 1979 Toshio Toyota
- 1980 Yasuhiro Harada
- 1981–82 Yoshihiro Shimizu
- 1983 Hirofumi Miyazaki
- 1984 Kaoru Matsubara
- 1985–86 Hirofumi Miyazaki
- 1987 Kaoru Matsubara
- 1988 Takahiko Kasahara
- 1989 Shinji Aoto
- 1990 Robson da Silva (BRA)
- 1991 Bruny Surin (CAN)
- 1992 Hisatsugu Suzuki
- 1993–94 Satoru Inoue
- 1995 Yoshitaka Ito
- 1996–97 Nobuharu Asahara
- 1998 Koji Ito
- 1999 Hiroyasu Tsuchie
- 2000–02 Nobuharu Asahara
- 2003–04 Shingo Suetsugu
- 2005 Shinya Saburi
- 2006–08 Naoki Tsukahara
- 2009–12 Masashi Eriguchi
- 2013 Ryota Yamagata
- 2014 Yoshihide Kiryū
- 2015 Kei Takase
- 2016 Asuka Cambridge
- 2017 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2018 Ryota Yamagata
- 2019 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2020 Yoshihide Kiryū
- 2021 Shuhei Tada
- 2022 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
- 2023 Ryuichiro Sakai
- 2024 Ryuichiro Sakai
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