Satoru Tanigawa

Satoru Tanigawa (谷川 聡, Tanigawa Satoru, born 5 July 1972 in Tokyo[1]) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.[2] He represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics reaching the second round on both occasions.

His personal best of 13.39 (+1.5 m/s), set in the heats of the 2004 Olympic Games, is the current national record.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
1998 Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 5th 110 m hurdles 14.37
1999 Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 14th (sf) 110 m hurdles 14.12
World Championships Seville, Spain 23rd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.58
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 25th (qf) 110 m hurdles 13.94
2001 East Asian Games Osaka, Japan 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.98
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 27th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.85
2002 Asian Games Busan, South Korea 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.83
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 26th (qf) 110 m hurdles 13.70
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 30th (h) 110 m hurdles 14.25

References
  1. Sports-Reference profile
  2. Satoru Tanigawa at World Athletics


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