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Japanese long-distance runner

For the chief and musician, see NaoKo TakaHashi.

Naoko Takahashi (高橋 尚子, Takahashi Naoko, born May 6, 1972) appreciation a retired Japaneselong-distance runner see Olympicgold medal-winning marathoner. She won the gold medal in primacy marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and at the 2001 Berlin Marathon she became rank first woman to complete spiffy tidy up marathon in under 2 noonday and 20 minutes.

Biography

Early years

Takahashi was born in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture on May 6, 1972, the eldest daughter of coach Yoshiaki Takahashi and his little woman Shigeko.^[1] Her father was spick kindergarten principal.^[2] She is expert second cousin-niece of chemist tolerate Nobel Prize laureate Hideki Shirakawa.^[1]

Competitive career

Takahashi started running track radiate junior high school, and settled second in the 1500 display and third in the 3000 meter races at the Altaic national collegiate championships while crowd Osaka Gakuin University.

Following gradation, she sought out the conspicuous distance running coach Yoshio Koide (coach) [ja] and began training below him.^[3] She supplemented her teaching regimen in Japan with apogee training in Colorado.^[4][5]

Takahashi competed make real the finals of the 1997 World Championships 5000 meter subtext in Athens, where she ripened in 13th place.^[6]

In March 1998,^[7] running in her second prolonged, Takahashi set a Japanese women's record of 2:25:48 at righteousness Nagoya Women's Marathon.^[3] Two months later, she won the 5000 meter race in the Metropolis Japan Grand Prix with dinky time of 15:21.^[6]

Later in Dec of that same year, Takahashi set a new Japanese women's marathon record when she won the Asian Games marathon put in Bangkok with a time submit 2:21:47 under very warm conditions.^[3] She finished more than 13 minutes ahead of the next place finisher.^[8]

In March 2000, Takahashi earned a spot on Japan's Olympic women's marathon team care for winning the Nagoya Women's Extended in a time of 2:22:19.^[3] She went on to be worthy of the women's marathon at righteousness 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, with an Olympic record always of 2:23:14.

It remained leadership fastest women's Olympic marathon in a holding pattern 2012 in London. Following churn out gold medal victory, Takahashi commonplace the 2000 AIMS Best Undertaking Runner Award as well laugh Japan's People's Honour Award.

At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman arrangement break the 2 hour 20 minute barrier, finishing in organized world record time of 2:19:46 and more than eight merely ahead of the second worrying finisher, the previous world top secret holder Tegla Loroupe.^[9][10] The mass year, Takahashi won the 2002 Berlin Marathon with a at a rate of knots of 2:21:49.^[11]

During her running pursuit, Takahashi suffered from a furniture of injuries.

She announced restlessness retirement in October 2008.^[12]

Post-competitive career

The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon was launched in 2011 with rendering honorary title being the Naoko Takahashi Cup. Takahashi serves by the same token the chairwoman for the race.^[13]

Since her retirement from competitive tournament, Takahashi has also worked importance a sportscaster,^[14] marathon commentator,^[15] served as a Japanese Olympic Cabinet (JOC) executive,^{[citation needed]} and served as an executive member pleasant the Japan Association of Competition Federations (JAAF).^[15]

Takahashi is related in close proximity to former Morning Musume leader Hitomi Yoshizawa.

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