Tsuyoshi Ogata

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Tsuyoshi Ogata ( Japanese 尾 方 剛 , Ogata Tsuyoshi ; born May 11, 1973 in Kumano , Hiroshima Prefecture ) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon .

In 1999 he finished 30th at the World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo . His first major success was fourth place in the Berlin Marathon in 2001 in 2:10:06 h. In 2002 he finished second in the Fukuoka marathon in 2:09:15 h and achieved his best time over the half marathon distance with 1:01:50 h .

At the marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis he finished twelfth in 2:10:39 h. In sixth place in the Fukuoka Marathon, he set his best time of 2:08:37 h in the same year, and a year later he won the same place in 2:09:10 h.

At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki he took bronze in 2:11:16 h behind Jaouad Gharib (MAR) and Christopher Isengwe (TAN). Even at the heat marathon at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka it looked until shortly before the end that he could get bronze again, but he had to admit defeat to Viktor Röthlin and finally came in fifth. His compatriots Satoshi Ōsaki and Toshinari Suwa took the next two places, so that the team gold went to Japan.

Ogata is 1.65 m tall and weighs 50 kg.

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