Ryōichi Sekiya

Ryoichi Sekiya, born 12 February 1967, is a Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner from Sagamihara, Kanagawa. He is the current Asian record holder for the 24-hour run at 274.884 km, set in 2007 at the Soochow International Ultra-Marathon, and he is a four-time IAU 24 Hour World Championship winner, the athlete with the most wins in that event. He has won the IAU-endorsed Soochow International Ultra-Marathon in Taipei eight times, first in 2001 and then in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, with no event held in 2006. He also won the 246 km Spartathlon in Greece in 2002 and 2009. His English Wikipedia article gives no further biographical detail in its opening, so this entry stays to what that article states.