is a retired

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ese athlete who specialised in

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events. She represented her country at the

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and 2009 World Championships. Her personal bests are 11.44 seconds in the

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(+1.7 m/s, Fukushima 2011) and 23.35 seconds in the

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(+0.4 m/s, Fukuroi 2013). She retired in October 2015. She is currently the coach of

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Athletics Club.

Personal bests

Competition record

National titles

* Japanese Championships **4 × 100 m relay: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 **4 × 400 m relay: 2007, 2009, 2012

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References

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Mayumi Watanabe
at TBS (archived) 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Niigata (city) Athletes from Niigata Prefecture Fukushima University alumni Japanese female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships medalists Japanese athletics coaches 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Japan-sprint-athletics-bio-stub