# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeki-tanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:31:04.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeki-tanaka"
name: "Shigeki Tanaka"
slug: "shigeki-tanaka"
description: "Shigeki Tanaka  was a Japanese long-distance runner who won the 1951 Boston Marathon."
tagline: "Japanese marathon runner (1931-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shigeki_Tanaka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1931-04-07"
deathDate: "2022-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             18.07359307359307
  historical:           4.810872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eiqeki_Tanaka"
    title: "Şiqeki Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Tanaka"
    title: "Shigeki Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Tanaka"
    title: "Shigeki Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Tanaka"
    title: "Shigeki Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E8%8C%82%E6%A8%B9"
    title: "田中茂樹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11575921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump