May Tagami
Mai Tagami ( Japanese 田 上 麻衣 , Tagami Mai ; born January 22, 1980 in Kobe ) is a Japanese marathon runner .
On her debut in 1999, she became the national student champion in 2:39:37 h. In 2002, she finished eighth in the Boston Marathon in 2:32:00. In 2003 she was tenth in the Osaka Women's Marathon and third in the Hokkaidō Marathon . In 2004 she set her personal record in the half marathon as third in the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon with 1:11:18 h and was, also with the best time, second in the Hokkaidō Marathon in 2:29:43 h. In 2006 she came back in second place at the Hokkaidō Marathon. In 2008 she was sixth in the Nagoya Marathon , fourth in the Hokkaidō Marathon and won the Melbourne and Athens Marathons .
Mai Tagami is a graduate of Tsukuba University . She lives in Chiba and is trained by Yoshio Koide, who already looked after Olympic champion Naoko Takahashi .
Web links
- May Tagami in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Interview with Runy magazine , September 1, 2008 (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF: Athens Marathon record broken by nearly two minutes ( Memento from November 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). November 9, 2008
- ↑ IAAF: Coached by Takahashi's mentor, Tagami has inspiration to succeed on Athens' hard course - Preview ( Memento from November 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). November 7, 2008
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| SURNAME | Tagami, May |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 田 上, 麻衣 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe , Japan |