Kenji Kimihara
Kenji Kimihara at the 1964 Olympic Games
Kenji Kimihara ( Japanese 君 原 健 二 , Kimihara Kenji ; born March 20, 1941 in Kitakyūshū ) is a former Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic silver medalist.
Kenji Kimhara took part in the Olympic Games in marathon three times . At the 1964 Games in Tokyo he finished 8th in 2:19:49 h, at the 1968 Games in Mexico City he won silver behind the Ethiopian Mamo Wolde in 2:23:31 h and at the 1972 Games in Munich he was Fifth in 2:16:27 h In 1966, Kimihara won the 70th Boston Marathon in 2:17:11 h .
Kimihara had a competition weight of 58 kg with a height of 1.67 m.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV)
Web links
- Kenji Kimihara in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kimihara, Kenji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 君 原 健 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic runner-up |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitakyushu |