Masakazu Fujiwara

Masakazu Fujiwara (born 6 March 1981 in Ōkawachi, Hyōgo), in Japanese 藤原正和, is Japanese long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He trains at Honda Sports team.^[1]

He graduated the Chuo University. He participated four times in the Hakone Ekiden. He won the half marathon at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing. In 2003 he began to compete in marathon, he finished 3rd with a time of 2:08:12 at the 2003 Lake Biwa Marathon. He represented Japan at the marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, but he could not compete the event due to a knee injury.^[2]

He won the 2010 Tokyo Marathon with a time of 2:12:19, set on February 28, 2010.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Japan
2010	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:12:19

Personal bests

• 5000 metres - 13:52.81 min (2007)
• 10,000 metres - 28:17.38 min (2000)
• Half marathon - 1:02:23 hrs (2004)
• Marathon - 2:08.12 hrs (2003)

References

• IAAF profile for Masakazu Fujiwara

1. ^ Honda Motor Co. Sports team profile Honda. Retrieved on 2010-05-08.
2. ^ 藤原正V日本人初 40キロ、帽子投げスパート Tokyo Shimbun(2010-03-01). Retrieved on 2010-07-15.
3. ^ Nakamura, Ken (2010-02-28). Beating horrendous conditions, Fujiwara and Biktimirova collect Tokyo Marathon wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-08.

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Name	Fujiwara, Masakazu
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Date of birth	1981-03-06
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