Izumi Maki
Izumi Maki ( Japanese 真 木 和 , Maki Izumi, after marriage Izumi Yamaoka ( 山岡 和 , Yamaoka Izumi ); born December 10, 1968 in Namikata , Ehime Prefecture ; † October 18, 2018 in Minō , Osaka Prefecture ) was a Japanese long-distance runner .
Life
In 1991 she was the fastest local in the Japanese championship over 10,000 m and came in 20th place at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo over the same distance.
The following year, she set a national record over 10,000 m with 31: 40.38 minutes, became national champion and took 12th place at the Olympic Games in Barcelona .
In 1993, starting again over 10,000 m, she did not go beyond 17th place at the World Championships in Stuttgart . A month later, she set a world record in the 20,000-meter run with 1:06:48.8 hours .
In the following years she finally turned to longer distances. In 1994 she won the Gold Coast Marathon half marathon . In 1995 she was the first to cross the finish line at the Sapporo Half Marathon , but was disqualified for doping and banned for three months.
With a victory at the Nagoya Marathon in 1996, she qualified for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Atlanta , in which she was twelfth.
Then she ended her athletic career and became a trainer. She married in 2003 and some time later gave birth to a son.
Izumi Maki started for the Wacoal corporate team . She was on the advisory board of the Fujita Running Academy of her former coach Nobuyuki Fujita.
Maki died of breast cancer at the age of 49 .
Personal best
- 5000 m : 15: 27.12 min, May 6, 1991, Shizuoka
- 10,000 m: 31: 40.38 min, May 3, 1992, Kobe (former Japanese record)
- Hours run : 17,693 m, 1st October 1994 Amagasaki
- 20,000 m: 1: 06: 48.8 h, September 19, 1993, Amagasaki (Asian record, former world record)
- Half marathon : 1:08:18 h, January 21, 1996, Tokyo
- Marathon: 2:27:32 h, March 10, 1996, Nagoya
Web links
- Izumi Maki in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Brief portrait on the Fujita Running Academy website
- Izumi Maki in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maki, Izumi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 真 木 和 (maiden name, Japanese); 山岡 和 (real name, Japanese); Yamaoka, Izumi (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Namikata , Ehime Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2018 |
| Place of death | Minō , Osaka Prefecture |