Background
Shizo Canaguri was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Shizo Canaguri was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Shizo Canaguri graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School.
Shizo Canaguri came into prominence as an athlete when he broke Japan's marathon record for 25 miles with a timing of 2 hrs. 32 mins. 45 sec. (1911). He was appointed Japan’s representative to the Vth Olympics at Stockholm (1912) and again to the Vllth and Vlllth Games at Antwerp and Paris. Did much to popularize and train marathon athletes in Japan.