Tadahiro Kosaka ( ja, 小坂忠広; born February 10, 1960, in

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) is a retired

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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 ...

. He competed for Japan at three consecutive

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: 1988, 1992, and 1996.

International competitions

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1960 births Living people Japanese male racewalkers Olympic male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people Sportspeople from Wakayama (city) {{japan-athletics-bio-stub