Kengo Suzuki

{{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner (born 1995)}}

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| country = Japan

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long-distance running

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|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
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

EventTimeDateLocationNotes
rowspan=2 |Track

| 5000 metres

| 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

| 15 km 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}}

References