Yahei Miura
Kenzo Yashima, Yahei Miura, Chizo Kanakuri, and Zensaku Motegi; 1920 (Miura is second from the right.) | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | (1891-04-02)2 April 1891 Shirane Village, Yanagawa Town, Date City Fukushima, Japan |
Died | 1971 (aged 79–80) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
Yahei Miura (三浦弥平, 2 April 1891 – 1971) was a Japanese long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the marathon at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
Yahei Miura was born in the village of Shirane, in present-day Yanagawa, now a part of Date City, Fukushima. As a child, he was often sick to the point of having to leave school for months at a time. He used this time to exercise and strengthen his body, setting the foundation for his life as an athlete.[1] At the age of twenty-four Miura entered Waseda University, where he was a member of the racing club. Five years later, he placed 24th in the 1920 Olympic marathon in Antwerp, Belgium.[3]
Miura spent the following years studying in Belgium. He then participated in the 1924 Paris Olympics before returning to Shirane Village in 1928. He went on to be an active member of the community. He founded the "Momo Marathon" held in September in Date City's former town of Hobara.[1] Additionally, the "Miura Yahei Road Race" is held in his honor in Yanagawa in October.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "福島県初のオリンピアン「三浦弥平」 - 福島県伊達市ホームページ". www.city.fukushima-date.lg.jp. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Yahei Miura Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Yahei Miura". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "第40回記念 三浦弥平杯ロードレース大会【公式】". 第40回記念 三浦弥平杯ロードレース大会【公式】 (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
External links
- Yahei Miura at Olympedia
- Article (with photos) about Yahei Miura in Date City, Fukushima's monthly city magazine (Japanese)
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- 1913–15: Shizo Kanakuri
- 1916: Tominosuke Kato
- 1917–18: Yuyuki Akiba
- 1919: Yahei Miura
- 1920: Choichi Goto
- 1921: Koji Shimomura
- 1922: Chojiro Nishida
- 1923: Masao Matsuoka
- 1924: Not held
- 1925: Maru Saburo
- 1926: Masao Yamauchi
- 1927: Seiji Takahashi
- 1928: Kanematsu Yamada
- 1929: Kusu Yoshizo
- 1930: Seiji Takahashi
- 1931: Tamao Shiwaku
- 1932: Taika Gon (KOR)
- 1933: Kusu Yoshizo
- 1934: Isamu Nakata
- 1935: Sohn Kee-chung (KOR)
- 1936: Yu Suzuki
- 1937: Nagaharu Yanagi
- 1938: Shigekazu Kabazawa
- 1939: Kure Tosuke
- 1940: Shoichiro Takenaka
- 1941: Not held
- 1942: Akihabara Yasuta
- 1943–45: Not held
- 1946–47: Shinzo Koga
- 1948: Shunichi Watanabe
- 1949: Hiroshi Hashimoto
- 1950: Yoshikazu Noda
- 1951: Kiyoshi Shinozaki
- 1952: Hiroshi Hashimoto
- 1953: Kofu Hiroshima
- 1954: Yoshikatsu Takahashi
- 1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
- 1956: Keizo Yamada
- 1957–58: Sumio Horinouchi
- 1959: Yasuo Koshikawa
- 1960: Nobuyoshi Sadanaga
- 1961: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
- 1962: Toru Terasawa
- 1963: Jeff Julian (NZL)
- 1964: Kenji Kimihara
- 1965: Hidekuni Hiroshima
- 1966: Yoshiro Mifune
- 1967: Derek Clayton (AUS)
- 1968: Akio Usami
- 1969: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1970: Bill Adcocks (GBR)
- 1971: Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1972: Akio Usami
- 1973: Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1974: Akio Usami
- 1975: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1976: Akio Usami
- 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA)
- 1978: Takeshi So
- 1979: Toshihiko Seko
- 1980: Hiroshi Yuge
- 1981: Robert de Castella (AUS)
- 1982: Michio Mizukubo
- 1983: Toshihiko Seko
- 1984: Tetsuji Iwase
- 1985: Hisatoshi Shintaku
- 1986: Toshihiro Shibutani
- 1987: Takeyuki Nakayama
- 1988: Toshihiko Seko
- 1989: Manuel Matias (POR)
- 1990: Eddy Hellebuyck (BEL)
- 1991: Shuichi Morita
- 1992: Mike O'Reilly (GBR)
- 1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
- 1994: Kenichi Suzuki
- 1995: Masaki Oya
- 1996: Hiroshi Tako
- 1997: Toshiyuki Hayata
- 1998: Muneyuki Ojima
- 1999: Hiroshi Miki
- 2000: Atsushi Fujita
- 2001: Shigeru Aburaya
- 2002: Toshio Mano
- 2003: Tomoaki Kunichika
- 2004: Tadayuki Ojima
- 2005: Toshinari Takaoka
- 2006: Wataru Okutani
- 2007: Mitsuru Kubota
- 2008: Arata Fujiwara
- 2009: Tadashi Shitamori
- 2010: Tomoyuki Sato
- 2011: Yuki Kawauchi
- 2012: Hiroyuki Horibata
- 2013: Masakazu Fujiwara
- 2014: Kohei Matsumura
- 2015: Satoru Sasaki
- 2016: Hisanori Kitajima
- 2017: Hiroto Inoue
- 2018: Yuma Hattori
- 2019: Shogo Nakamura
- 2020: Naoya Sakuda