Hiroto Inoue

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Hiroto Inoue athletics
nation JapanJapan Japan
birthday 6th January 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Japan
size 165 cm
Weight 51 kg
Career
discipline Long distance running
status active
Medal table
Asian Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Asian Games logo Asian Games
gold Jakarta 2018 marathon
last change: August 25, 2018

Hiroto Inoue ( Japanese 井上 大仁 ; born January 6, 1993 ) is a Japanese long-distance runner . He is ranked 5th in the all-time best list of Japanese marathon runners .

Athletic career

Hiroto Inoue gained his first international experience at the 2014 Half Marathon World Championships in Copenhagen , where he finished 36th with 1:02:25 h. He also won the Yokohama half marathon in 1:04:07 hours this year. In 2017 he qualified in the marathon for the World Championships in London , where he finished 26th in 2:16:54 h . In 2018 he won the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2:18:22 h, just ahead of Bahraini El Hassan el-Abbassi . Due to the high temperatures, this was the slowest winning time at the Asian Games in over 30 years.

Inoue is a graduate of Yamanashi University .

Personal best

  • 5000 meters: 13: 38.44 min, May 5, 2018 in Nobeoka
  • 10,000 meters: 27: 56.27 min, November 24, 2018 in Machida
  • Half marathon: 1:01:39 h, February 2, 2014 in Marugame
  • Marathon: 2:06:54 h, February 25, 2018 in Tokyo

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personal data
SURNAME Inoue, Hiroto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiroto, Inoue (full name); 井上 大仁 (ja-Jpan)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1993