was a Japanese skier. He was a skiing teacher and

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s. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; at 77 he was the oldest person to climb Kilimanjaro and at 99 descended a

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of Mont Blanc together with his oldest son Yuichiro and grandson Yuta. Yuichiro Miura was also the oldest person to climb

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and the

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, at age 70, at age 75 and later at age 80. Keizo Miura wrote two books on his health routine, one of them co-written with his physician. On February 15, 2004, Keizo Miura celebrated his hundredth birthday with a ski descent together with more than 170 friends and family members, including four generations of his family, at Snowbird ski resort in

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, United States. Keizo died 41 days short of his 102nd birthday.

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Japanese mountain climbers Japanese centenarians Men centenarians People from Aomori (city) 1904 births 2006 deaths Hokkaido University alumni Aomori High School alumni {{Japan-wintersport-bio-stub