Satoshi Irifune

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Satoshi Irifune ( Japanese 入 船 敏 , Irifune Satoshi ; born December 14, 1975 in Hioki ) is a Japanese marathon runner .

Life

At the 1999 World Athletics Championships , he came in 20th place over 10,000 m .

The following year he finished second at the Japanese company championship in the half marathon and finished 18th at the half marathon world championships in Veracruz . He finished eleventh in the 2002 Lake Biwa Marathon and in 2004 in the Tokyo International Men's Marathon .

In 2005 he won the Beppu-Ōita marathon and came 20th at the World Championships in Helsinki . In 2006 he was fourth in Tokyo and fourth in the Asian Games in Doha . A third place at the Tokyo Marathon 2007 was followed by a fifth place there in 2008 and a second at the Fukuoka Marathon . At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, he came in 14th.

In 2010 he was tenth in the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon and ninth in Fukuoka.

Satoshi Irifune is 1.76 m tall and weighs 59 kg. He is a graduate of the Kagoshima Commercial High School . After initially working for the Kyocera company team , he switched to the Kanebo Cosmetics team in July 2000 .

Personal bests

  • 5000 m : 13: 22.12 min, July 14, 2001, Heusden
  • 10,000 m: 27: 53.92 min, May 4th 2001, Palo Alto
  • Half marathon: 1:01:36 h, March 12, 2000, Yamaguchi
  • Marathon: 2:09:23 h, December 7, 2008, Fukuoka

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personal data
SURNAME Irifune, Satoshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 入 船 敏 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 14th 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Hioki