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OSJ Ontake SkyRace
The OSJ Ontake SkyRace was an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2006 and till 2014. It rans every year in Nagano (Mount Ontake, Japan) in August. The race was valid for the Skyrunner World Series six times consecutively from 2006 to 2011. Races * ''OSJ Ontake SkyRace'', a SkyRace (32 km / 1,800 m D+) * ''OSJ Ontake Ultra Trail'', an Ultra trail (100 km) OSJ Ontake SkyRace See also * Skyrunner World Series The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ... References External links Official web site {{Skyrunner World Series races Skyrunning competitions Skyrunner World Series Athletics competitions in Japan Sports competitions in Nagano Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagano Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the northeast, Saitama Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the southeast, Shizuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture to the south, and Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture to the west. Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, with other major cities including Matsumoto, Ueda, and Iida. Nagano Prefecture has impressive highland areas of the Japanese Alps, including most of the Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, and Akaishi Mountains which extend into the neighbouring prefectures. The abundance of mountain ranges, natural scenic beauty, and rich history has gained Nagano Prefecture international recognition as a world-class winter sports tourist destination, including hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kílian Jornet Burgada
Kílian Jornet (; born 27 October 1987) is a Spanish professional sky runner, trail runner, ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. He is a six-time champion of the long-distance running Skyrunner World Series and has won some of the most prestigious ultramarathons, including the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Grand Raid, the Western States Endurance Run and the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. Jornet holds the fastest known time speed record for the ascent and descent of major mountains including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. He also previously held speed records for Aconcagua, Denali, and Kilimanjaro, all of which were eventually broken by Karl Egloff. In addition, he holds the 24-hour uphill skiing record: 23,864-meters (78,274 ft). This achievement was set on 8 February 2019. Biography Jornet was born in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain near Barcelona. He grew up in Refugi de Cap de Rec, a mountain hut at 2000 meters in the Pyrenees at the cross-country Lles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyrunning Competitions
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and hands may be used to aid progress. The governing body is the International Skyrunning Federation. The sport comprises a number of different disciplines from the short, steep Vertical Kilometer to the more popular SkyRace and SkyMarathon. Ultra SkyMarathons are becoming increasingly popular as are short vertical SkySpeed races which include skyscraper racing. History The idea of skyrunning came from Italian mountaineer Marino Giacometti and a handful of fellow climbers. They pioneered races on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa in the early 1990s. In 1993, with the support of the Fila sportswear company, skyrunning took off across the world's mountain ranges reaching from the Alps to the Himalayas, to Mount Kenya and the Mexican volcanoes. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasegawa Kanako
Hasegawa (written: 長谷川 literally "long valley river") is a Japanese surname. Hasegawa may refer to: People A * Akiko Hasegawa, Japanese voice actress and singer * Ariajasuru Hasegawa (born 1988), Japanese-Iranian footballer B * Bob Hasegawa (born 1952), American-born labor union leader and Washington State congressperson C * Chiyono Hasegawa (1896–2011), Japanese supercentenarian D * Daigo Hasegawa (born 1990), Japanese athlete specialising in the triple jump E * Emi Hasegawa (born 1986), Japanese alpine ski racer H * Haruhisa Hasegawa (born 1957), Japanese football player * Hasegawa Katsutoshi (born 1944), Japanese sumo wrestler * Hasegawa Nyozekan (1875–1969), author * Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610), Edo period painter * Hasegawa Yoshimichi (1850–1924), Chief of the Army General Staff * Hatsunori Hasegawa (born 1955), Japanese actor * Hirokazu Hasegawa (born 1986), former Japanese football player * Hiroki Hasegawa (長谷川 博己, born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Miyahara , village in Kaarma Parish, Saare County, Estonia
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TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Toru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuko Nomura
Yasuko (written: , , , , , , , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese empress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese empress consort *Yasuko Harada (原田康子, 19282009), Japanese novelist *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese activist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese long jumper *, Japanese screenwriter *, Japanese politician *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese princess *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese para table tennis player *, Japanese shot putter *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese television personality and comedian *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese actress *, Japanese mountain climber *, Japanese swimmer *Yasuko Onuki Yasuko Onuki (often known simply as Yako, Yasuko or Yasuko O.) is the singer from Japanese band Melt-Banana Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock mixed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Matsumoto (runner)
, also credited Hiroshi Matsumoto, is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. His major roles include Dokugakuji in ''Saiyuki'', Felix Aaron Thenardier in ''Lord Marksman and Vanadis'', and Soichiro Sakurada the patriarch of the Sakurada family in ''Castle Town Dandelion''. Filmography Anime roles 2000 *''Saiyuki'' (Dokugakuji) 2002 *''Inuyasha'' (Serina and Suzuna's father, Izumo, and Gyu-Oh) *''RahXephon''* Donny Wong 2003 *'' Rockman EXE Axess'' (Gorou Misaki, BeastMan) 2004 *'' Alice Academy'' (Jinno) *''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' (Unato Ema Saran) *''Naruto'' (Fugaku Uchiha) *'' Rockman EXE Stream'' (Gorou Misaki, BeastMan) *''This Ugly yet Beautiful World'' (Itchō Nishino) 2005 *'' Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor'' (Sin Rubeo Amniculus) *''Ginga Legend Weed'' (Tōbē) *''He Is My Master'' (Sawatari Father) *'' Karin'' (Henry Marker) *''MÄR'' (Halloween) 2006 *'' Bleach: Memories of Nobody'' (Jai) 2007 *''Kaze no Stigma'' (Ryuuya Kazamaki) *''Shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Jiménez
Stéphanie Jiménez (born 17 December 1974) is an Andorran mountain runner and skyrunner naturalised Italian. Biography Jiménez was born in Albi, France. She has competed in the Buff Skyrunner World Series since 2006, finishing in the top five in the championship on every occasion. Her first race victory was in 2007, when she won the OSJ Ontake SkyRace at Mount Ontake, Japan. She lives in Sterzing, South Tyrol, Italy. National titles *Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships The Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships ( it, Campionati italiani di kilometro verticale) are the national championships in vertical kilometer, organised every year by the FIDAL from 2012 (first edition was held in Chiavenna). Editions FI ... ( FISKY version) ** Vertical kilometer: 2014 References External links Further results {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Stephanie 1974 births Living people Andorran mountain runners Andorran sky runners Italian female mountain runners Italian sky runners [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Mudge
Angela Mudge (born 8 July 1970) is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid-1990s, and developed rapidly. She has won the Scottish Hill Running Championships three times (1997, 1998, 2006),SHR championships page , SHR.UK.com the five times (1997–2000, 2008),List of Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SkyRace
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and hands may be used to aid progress. The governing body is the International Skyrunning Federation. The sport comprises a number of different disciplines from the short, steep Vertical Kilometer to the more popular SkyRace and SkyMarathon. Ultra SkyMarathons are becoming increasingly popular as are short vertical SkySpeed races which include Tower running, skyscraper racing. History The idea of skyrunning came from Italian mountaineer Marino Giacometti and a handful of fellow climbers. They pioneered races on Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa in the early 1990s. In 1993, with the support of the Fila sportswear company, skyrunning took off across the world's mountain ranges reaching from the Alps to the Himalayas, to Mount Kenya and the Mexican vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulvio Dapit
Fulvio Dapit (born 13 September 1975) is an Italian male sky runner, who won four races of the Skyrunner World Series. World Cup wins National titles *Italian Skyrunning Championships **Overall: 2007 **Sky Ultra Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...: 2015 See also * Skyrunner World Series - Multiple winners References External links Fulvio Dapitprofile at Association of Road Racing Statisticians {{DEFAULTSORT:Dapit, Fulvio 1975 births Living people Italian sky runners Italian male mountain runners 21st-century Italian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are both World Athletics record distances, but some races are among the oldest and most prestigious events, especially in North America. Around 100 miles is typically the longest course distance raced in under 24 hours but there are also longer multi-day races of or more, sometimes raced in stages with breaks for sleep. While some ultras are road races, many take place on trails, leading to a large overlap with the sports of trail running and mountain running. Overview There are two main types of ultramarathon events: those that cover a specified distance or route, and those that last for a predetermined period of time (with the winner covering the most distance in that time). The most common distances are , , , and , although many races have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
