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ese marathon runner. She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993. Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka. She finished 17th at the

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Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

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* * 1969 births Living people People from Kazuno, Akita Japanese athletics coaches Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Japan Olympic female marathon runners Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Japanese women 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub