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Japanese middle-distance runner (1937–2021)
Zenji Okuzawa
Nationality Japanese Born (1937-11-26 ) 26 November 1937Died 5 July 2021(2021-07-05) (aged 83) Sport Middle-distance running Event(s) Steeplechase
Zenji Okuzawa (奥沢 善二 , Okuzawa Zenji , 26 November 1937 – 5 July 2021) [1] was a Japanese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]
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Japan Championships in Athletics men's 3000 metres steeplechase champions
1931: Takeshi Hisayama
1932: Hideo Tanaka
1933: Ken Uchida
1934: Hideo Tanaka
1935: Tetsuo Imai
1936: Hideo Tanaka
1937: Tetsuo Imai
1938–40: Tatsuo Osawa
1941: Not held
1942: Yoshimasa Ishida
1943–45: Not held
1946: Yoshiaki Furuya
1947–55: Susumu Takahashi
1956: Masayuki Nunogami
1957: Osamu Inoue
1958–59: Masayuki Nunogami
1960: Hiromi Arai
1961: Saburo Yokomizo
1962: Zenji Okuzawa
1963: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
1964: Yoshiyuki Aoba
1965–69: Taketsugu Saruwatari
1970: Nobuyoshi Miura
1971–74: Takaharu Koyama
1975: Ryuji Koyama
1976: Takaharu Koyama
1977–80: Masaya Shintaku
1981: Sake Smell Shinji
1982: Tadashi Kono
1983: Masaya Shintaku
1984: Hatsu Nagasato
1985: Hideki Saegusa
1986–87: Shigeyuki Aikyo
1988–89: Kazuto Yamada
1990: Graeme Fell (CAN)
1991: Marcelo Cascabelo (ARG)
1992: Akira Nakamura
1993: Bizuneh Yai Tura (ETH)
1994: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
1995–96: Yasunori Uchitomi
1997–98: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
1999: Aziz Driouche (MAR)
2000: Yasunori Uchitomi
2001–05: Yoshitaka Iwamizu
2006: Jun Shinoto
2007–09: Yoshitaka Iwamizu
2010–11: Takeshi Takeda
2012–13: Kou Yamashita
2014: Jun Shinoto
2015–17: Hironori Tsuetaki
2018: Kazuya Shiojiri
2019: Ryohei Sakaguchi
2020: Kosei Yamaguchi
2021–23: Ryuji Miura
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