Kenichi Ito

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Kenichi Ito (いとうけんいち, Itō Ken'ichi) (born 8 May 1982) is a Japanese athlete from Tokyo. He holds the Guinness World Record for running on all four limbs, setting a best time of 16.87 seconds at Olympic Park in Tokyo, November 2013.^[1] He also held the previous record of 17.47 seconds, set on 15 November 2012.^[2] He also held the record before that, having set a time of 18.58 seconds in 2008.^[3] Ito spent nine years studying how animals like monkeys move. He works as a janitor, and says he mops floors on all fours to practise his four-limbed running technique.

References

↑ Monkey-running record smashed. 3 News NZ. 15 November 2013.
↑ "Kenichi Ito: The 'world's fastest man on four legs'". The Independent. 15 November 2012.
↑ "VIDEO: Fastest man in world... on four limbs". 3 News NZ. 16 November 2012.

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Personal blog (Japanese)

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