Sho Watanabe
![]() Watanabe at the 2017 London Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sho Watanabe (Japanese:
Personal life
[edit]Watanabe is from Fukuoka, Japan.[1]
Career
[edit]Watanabe came second in the 10,000 metres T54 race at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.[2] Watanabe won the 2017 Tokyo Marathon,[3] beating race favourite Marcel Hug.[1] In the same year, Watanabe finished third at the 2017 New York City Marathon.[1] At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, Watanabe, Tomoki Suzuki, Yuki Nishi, and Hitoshi Matsunaga won the 4 × 400 metres relay T53/T54 race, by virtue of being the only finishers.[4]
He finished second at the 2019 Singapore Marathon behind countryman Kota Hokonuie.[5] Watanabe came second at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon behind fellow Japanese competitor Tomoki Suzuki.[6] At the 2020 London Marathon, Watanabe was involved in a six-person sprint finish for the victory, and finished fourth.[7] Watanabe finished in 1:36:08, exactly the same time as Marcel Hug who finished third.[8] The next year, he finished seventh at the London Marathon,[9] and ninth at the Boston[10] and New York City Marathons.[11]
Watanabe finished third at the 2023 Tokyo Marathon,[12] and again at the 2024 Tokyo Marathon.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mental strength the secret for Sho Watanabe". Paralympic.org. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Hug wraps up third consecutive 10,000m title at the IPC Athletics World Championships". World Athletics. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo roads ready for 2019 marathon". Paralympic.org. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's 4 × 400 metres relay T53/T54" (PDF) (pdf). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Filipino runners flock by thousands to historic Singapore Marathon". Rappler. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2020 Race result". Tokyo Marathon. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Brent Lakatos and Nikita Den Boer Capture the London Marathon Wheelchair Titles". Runner's World. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Lakatos and Den Boer battle to wheelchair wins in London". Athletics Weekly. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Leaderboard: Wheelchair T53/T54". London Marathon. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Results
- ^ "TCS New York City Marathon 2021: Wheelchair Men". New York Road Runners. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2023 Wheelchair Marathon Race Report". Tokyo Marathon. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Tokyo Marathon 2024: Manuela Schaer and Tomoki Suzuki triumph". International Paralympic Committee. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.