Takashi Shimokawara
Male, Person
1907 –
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Who is Takashi Shimokawara?
Takashi Shimokawara was a Japanese centinarian from Kamaishi, Iwate. He is the current M100 world record holder in the Shot Put, Discus and Javelin throw. He also holds the M95 Japanese national record in the javelin, set at the age of 99. His body was found in his home at the age of 104. He died not as a result of old age, but because of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Mr. Shimokawara would have a daily exercise routine that included a jog, press ups, squat thrusts and horizontal leg raises. He took up Masters athletics in 2004, at the age of 97.
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