Takehiro Sonohara ( ja, 園原健弘; born November 9, 1962, in

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 ...

) is a retired male

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. He competed for his native country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

International competitions

References

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1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture Japanese male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 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