Kengo Suzuki
{{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner (born 1995)}}
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| name = Kengo Suzuki
| image = Kengo Suzuki 190915.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|6|11|df=yes}}
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| country = Japan
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long-distance running
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| pb = {{ubl
|5000 m: 13:57.88
|10,000 m: 27:49.16
|Half marathon: 1:01:53
|Marathon: 2:04:56 {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}}
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Kengo Suzuki (born 11 June 1995) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He won bronze in the half marathon at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, where he finished in a time of 1:06:56. He also holds the Japanese national record in the marathon with a time of 2:04:56, set at the Lake Biwa Marathon on 28 February 2021.{{cite web|title=Athlete Profile — Kengo Suzuki|publisher=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/kengo-suzuki-14598158|accessdate=6 February 2023}}{{cite web|title=Suzuki wins Lake Biwa Marathon with 2:04:56 Japanese record|publisher=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/kengo-suzuki-japanese-marathon-record-lake-bi|access-date=6 February 2023}}
Competition record
=Road races=
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Event || Distance || Rank || Result || Date || Location || Notes |
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2017 Summer Universiade
| Half marathon |bgcolor=CC9966|3rd | 1:06:56 | 27 August 2017 | Taipei | |
Tokyo Marathon
| Marathon | 19th | 2:10:21 | 25 February 2018 | Tokyo | |
Hamburg Marathon
| Marathon | 13th | 2:11:36 | 28 April 2019 | Hamburg | |
Marathon Grand Championships
| Marathon | 7th | 2:12:44 | 15 September 2019 | Tokyo | |
Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon
| Half marathon | 25th | 1:01:53 | 2 February 2020 | Marugame | |
Lake Biwa Marathon
| Marathon | 12th | 2:10:37 | 8 March 2020 | Otsu | |
Lake Biwa Marathon
| Marathon |bgcolor=gold|1st | 2:04:56 | 28 February 2021 | Otsu | {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}} |
Chicago Marathon
| Marathon | 4th | 2:08:50 | 10 October 2021 | Chicago | |
Tokyo Marathon
| Marathon | 4th | 2:05:28 | 6 March 2022 | Tokyo | |
Personal bests
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!Surface | Event | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
rowspan=2 |Track
| align="center" |13:57.88 | align="center" |2 April 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | | |||||
10,000 metres
| align="center" |27:49.16 | align="center" |19 September 2020 | Kumagaya, Japan | | |||||
rowspan=4 |Road
| align="center" |44:18 | align="center" |13 November 2016 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | | |||||
20 km road
| align="center" |58:43 | align="center" |16 October 2016 | Tachikawa, Japan | | |||||
Half marathon
| align="center" |1:01:53 | align="center" |2 February 2020 | Marugame, Japan | | |||||
Marathon
| align="center" |2:04:56 | align="center" |28 February 2021 | Otsu, Japan | {{AthAbbr|NR|Japanese}} |