# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toru-terasawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:46:13.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toru-terasawa"
name: "Toru Terasawa"
slug: "toru-terasawa"
description: "Toru Terasawa  was a Japanese long-distance runner who on February 17, 1963 set a world record in the marathon with a time of 2:15:16 at the Beppu Marathon. Terasawa placed second in the marathon at the 1964 Japanese Olympic trials and 15th at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Terasawa is also a two-time champion of the Fukuoka Marathon; he set a Japanese national record during his 1962 victory (2:16:18.4) and improved on it when he won in 1964 (2:14:48.2). At Fukuoka in 1966, he finished fifth (2:15:51.2) after colliding with Jim Hogan, the 1966 European marathon champion, and falling to the pavement just before the halfway mark."
tagline: "Japanese long-distance runner (born 1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toru_Terasawa_1964b.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: "1935-01-04"
deathDate: "2025-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.43
  momentum:             14.38356164383561
  historical:           7.213212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Terasawa"
    title: "Toru Terasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "تورو تيراساوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Terasawa"
    title: "Tōru Terasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Terasawa"
    title: "Toru Terasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Terasawa"
    title: "Tōru Terasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BA%E6%B2%A2%E5%BE%B9"
    title: "寺沢徹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Terasawa"
    title: "Toru Terasawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Тэрасава, Тору"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443382"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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