Fumio Imamura ( ja, 今村文男; born November 5, 1966 in

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) is a retired male

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from

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. He twice competed for his native country at the

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: 1992 and 2000.

International competitions

References

* * 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture Japanese male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{japan-athletics-bio-stub