Toru Terasawa

Japanese long-distance runner (born 1935)
Person human Q443382
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Toru Terasawa

Summary

Toru Terasawa is a human[1]. He was born in Toyama Prefecture[2]. He was born on +1935-01-04T00:00:00Z[3]. He died on +2025-03-23T00:00:00Z[4]. He worked as a marathon runner[5], athletics competitor[6], and long-distance runner[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,284 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Toru Terasawa was born in Toyama Prefecture[2].
  • Toru Terasawa was born on +1935-01-04T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Toru Terasawa died on +2025-03-23T00:00:00Z[4].
  • Toru Terasawa held citizenship in Japan[9].
  • Toru Terasawa worked as a marathon runner[5].
  • Toru Terasawa worked as an athletics competitor[6].
  • Toru Terasawa worked as a long-distance runner[7].
  • Toru Terasawa's image is recorded as Toru Terasawa 1964b.jpg[10].
  • Toru Terasawa is recorded as male[11].
  • Toru Terasawa's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Toru Terasawa's Commons category is recorded as Toru Terasawa[13].
  • Toru Terasawa's sport is recorded as athletics[14].
  • Toru Terasawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gkn_t[15].
  • Toru Terasawa's given name is recorded as Tōru[16].
  • Toru Terasawa's record held is recorded as Marathon world record progression[17].
  • Toru Terasawa's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14348971[18].
  • Toru Terasawa's participant in is recorded as 1964 Summer Olympics[19].
  • Toru Terasawa's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as te/toru-terasawa-1[20].
  • Toru Terasawa's country for sport is recorded as Japan[21].
  • Toru Terasawa's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '寺沢徹'}[22].
  • Toru Terasawa's name in kana is recorded as てらさわ とおる[23].
  • Toru Terasawa's sports discipline competed in is recorded as marathon[24].
  • Toru Terasawa's WikiTree person ID is recorded as 寺澤-2[25].
  • Toru Terasawa's Prabook ID is recorded as 1842927[26].
  • Toru Terasawa's Track and Field Statistics male athlete ID is recorded as 6615[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Toyama Prefecture[2], Toru Terasawa… he was born on +1935-01-04T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include marathon runner[5], athletics competitor[6], and long-distance runner[7].

Death and Burial

Toru Terasawa died on +2025-03-23T00:00:00Z[4].

Why It Matters

Toru Terasawa ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,284 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Toru Terasawa born?

Toru Terasawa's place of birth was Toyama Prefecture[2].

What did Toru Terasawa do for work?

Toru Terasawa worked as marathon runner[5], athletics competitor[6], and long-distance runner[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . yamagata-np.jp. Retrieved . yamagata-np.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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