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Hisanori Kitajima (born October 16, 1984) is a Japanese long-distance runner.
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University career
Kitajim competed for Toyo University and won a stage of the Hakone Ekiden.
2015 season
He won the 2015 Sydney Marathon with a time of 2:12:44. He also won the Nobeoka West Japan Marathon.
2016 season
Kitajima finished 2nd at the 2016 Lake Biwa Marathon and was the top finishing runner from Japan. As this was a qualifying race for the Japanese Olympic Team he is considered a likely candidate to compete at the 2016 Olympics. He earned second place by passing Suehiro Ishikawa with one kilometer to go.
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Hisanori Kitajima Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA