Kazumi Watanabe (runner)

{{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner (1935–2022)}}

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| name = Kazumi Watanabe

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| native_name = 渡辺 和己

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| nationality = Japanese

| sport = Long-distance running

| event = Marathon, 10,000 meters

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|12|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Fukuoka, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|21|1935|12|25|df=yes}}

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{{Nihongo|Kazumi Watanabe|渡辺 和己|Watanabe Kazumi| 25 December 1935 – 21 April 2022}}[https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nsp/item/n/911679.amp 九州陸上競技協会の元理事長・渡辺和己氏が死去　86歳] {{in lang|ja}} was a Japanese long-distance runner. He was diminutive, weighing 115 pounds and standing 5'5". He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics, finishing 32nd in 2:29:45, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 meter run, finishing 28th in 31.00.6. His personal bests for the marathon were 2:15:40 while winning the Beppu marathon,[http://arrs.auguszt.in/runner/9543 Kazumi Watanabe], Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 14 March 2021. and the 10,000 meters in 29:10.4 on the track, both run in 1963.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/kazumi-watanabe-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/kazumi-watanabe-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Kazumi Watanabe Olympic Results |access-date=4 May 2017}} His best time for 10 miles on the roads was 50:31 in 1957 when he was 21 years old.