Mari Tanigawa
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Born | 27 October 1962 |
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Mari Tanigawa (谷川真理, Tanigawa Mari, born 27 October 1962) is a Japanese former marathon runner.[1] Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, she was a two-time winner at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, winner of the Australia's Gold Coast Marathon in 1992 and won the Paris Marathon in 1994.
Tanigawa also competed in half marathon races: she won individual and team silver medals at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the 1994 Sapporo Half Marathon and 1996 America's Finest City Half Marathon.[2][3] She was a team bronze medalist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished tenth.
She had career personal bests of 2:27:55 hours for the marathon and 1:09:37 hours for the half marathon.[4]
She is the organizer of several popular races in Japan, the Mari Tanigawa Half Marathon and the Mari Tanigawa Ekiden.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1990 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:34:10 |
1991 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:31:27 |
1992 | Nagoya International Women's Marathon | Nagoya, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:31:09 |
1992 | Gold Coast Marathon | Gold Coast, Australia | 1st | Marathon | 2:34:45 |
1993 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:28:22 |
1994 | Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 1st | Marathon | 2:27:55 |
1996 | Honolulu Marathon | Honolulu, Hawaii | 3rd | Marathon | 2:36:20 |
1998 | Maui Marathon | Maui, Hawaii | 1st | Marathon | 2:40:37 |
2003 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Oki, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 3:06:54 |
2005 | Tokyo International Women's Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:40:46 |
2007 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:49:55 |
References
- ^ "Profile of Mari Tanigawa". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Winner list Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Sapporo Television Broadcasting. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
- ^ Leydig, Jack (2010-08-16). America's Finest City Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-09-23.
- ^ Mari Tanigawa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
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