Atsushi Sato

Atsushi Satō (Japanese佐藤 敦 之Atsushi Satō, born May 8 1978 in Aizu Wakamatsu - ) is a Japanese long-distance runner.

He was at the World Half Marathon Championships aft, and the marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint- Denis, he finished in tenth place in 2002. In Chiba, he was part of a marathon relay, which established on 23 November 2005 with a time of 1:58:58 h the valid to date Asian record.

In the road race world championships in 2007 in Udine over the half marathon distance, he was ninth in 1:00:25 h Both his last days as well as his 15 -km interval of 42:36 min represent Asia Records dar. as third in the Fukuoka Marathon the same year he asked with a 2:07:13 h on a personal best and was nominated by his federation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. There he crossed the finish line as the last of 76 runners.

In a marathon run of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009, he was awarded 2:12:05 h in sixth and thus best non - Africans.

Atsushi Satō is 1,69 m tall and weighs 54 kg. In 2007 he married the middle distance runner and three-time champion Miho Sugimori Asia (杉 森 美 保, born 1978 ).