Naoko Sakamoto
Naoko Sakamoto ( Japanese 坂 本 直 子 , Sakamoto Naoko ; born November 14, 1980 in Nishinomiya ) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in marathons .
At the marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis, she was fourth, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens seventh in the same discipline.
In 2003 she set her personal best as third in the Osaka Women's Marathon with 2:21:51, a year later she won this run in 2:25:29.
After a break from competition of three years, she finished fifth in the 2007 Berlin Marathon .
Naoko Sakamoto is 1.60 m tall and has a competition weight of 44 kg.
Web links
- Naoko Sakamoto in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr (French)
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| SURNAME | Sakamoto, Naoko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 坂 本 直 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nishinomiya |