{{short description|Japanese racewalker}} '''Satoshi Maruo''' ({{langx|ja|丸尾知司}}; born 28 November 1991) is a Japanese male athlete competing in the [[50 kilometres race walk]]. He represented Japan at the [[2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships]] and the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]], finishing fifth at the latter event in a personal best of 3:43:03 hours The Japanese team was very successful at the event with all three men finishing in the top five.<ref>Nagatsuka, Kaz (19 December 2017). [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/12/19/more-sports/track-field/jaaf-recognizes-top-athletes-annual-awards-banquet/#.WoS7kLiBit8 JAAF recognizes top athletes at annual awards banquet]. ''Japan Times''. Retrieved 14 February 2018.</ref> He is a member of the Aichi Steel athletics team.<ref>[http://www.jaaf.or.jp/files/article/document/10570-0.pdf National Athletics Team for the IAAF London 2017]. JAAF. Retrieved 14 February 2018.</ref>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |2016 |[[2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships|World Race Walking Team Championships]] |[[Rome]], Italy |41st |20&nbsp;km walk |1:23:38 |- |2017 |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[London]], United Kingdom |5th |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]] |3:43:03 {{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |2018 |[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]] |[[Jakarta, Indonesia]] |4th |[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]] |4:14:13 |}

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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{JAAF|satoshi_maruo}} * [https://www.jaaf.or.jp/olympic/tokyo2020/athletes/profile/satoshi_maruo/ Satoshi Maruo – Tokyo 2020] at [[Japan Association of Athletics Federations|JAAF]] {{in lang|ja}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422063008/https://www.aichi-steel.co.jp/sp_info/track02/maruo.html |date=dmy |title=Satoshi Maruo at Aichi Steel Truck and Field Team}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|satoshi-maruo}} * {{Team Japan|olympic/tokyo/sports/athletics/team/maruosatoshi}}

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