Naoko Takahashi

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Takahashi 2008 in Nagoya

Naoko Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 尚 子 Takahashi Naoko ; born May 6, 1972 in Gifu ) is a former Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic champion . In 2001 she was the first woman to stay below the 2:20 mark in a marathon .

In 1997 she ran her first marathon and finished seventh in the Osaka Women's Marathon in 2:31:32 hours. In the same year she finished 13th in the 5000-meter run of the World Athletics Championships in Athens .

In 1998 she was first national champion with a win at the Nagoya Marathon in 2:25:48 and then won the Asian Games marathon with the Japanese record time of 2:21:47. At the beginning of 2000 she improved her half marathon time in Chiba to 1:08:55 h, won the marathon again in Nagoya and crowned her career in the same year with a victory at the marathon of the Olympic Games in Sydney - ahead of Lidia Șimon and Joyce Chepchumba .

In 2001 and 2002 she won the Berlin Marathon , in 2001 in the world record of 2:19:46.

Also in 2001 she won the Ōme marathon over 30 km with the Japanese record time of 1:41:57 h. In 2005 she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon , in which she was second in 2003 and third in 2006.

In 2008 she tried to qualify for the Beijing Olympics at the Nagoya Marathon , but only finished 27th in 2:44:18. In October of the same year, Takahashi announced her retirement from professional sports.

She completed her farewell run at the Nagoya Marathon in 2009.

The athlete, nicknamed “Q-chan”, is 1.61 meters tall and weighs 52 kg.

Personal bests

  • 5000 m: 15: 21.15 min, May 9, 1998, Osaka
  • 10,000 m : 31: 48.23 min, June 9, 1996, Osaka
  • Half marathon : 1:08:55 h, January 23, 2000, Chiba
  • 30 km road race : 1:39:02 h, September 30, 2001, Berlin (intermediate time)
  • Marathon: 2:19:46 h, September 30, 2001, Berlin

Web links

Commons : Naoko Takahashi  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Japan Running News: Naoko Takahashi Retires . October 28, 2008
  2. ^ IAAF: Fujinaga wins Nagoya Women's Marathon in 2:28:13 ( Memento of March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 8, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Takahashi, Naoko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 高橋 尚 子 (Japanese); Q-chan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Gifu