Tomoe Abe (Tomoe Kouno since 2006)
Personal information
Born (1971-08-13) August 13, 1971
Kitsuki, Ōita
Height149 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
Sportmarathon, ultramarathon
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Ladies' marathon
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1993 Stuttgartladies' marathon

Tomoe Abe (安部 友恵, Abe Tomoe, born 13 August 1971 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a retired Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships with a time of 2:31:01.[1][2] Her personal best time is 2:26:09, achieved when she won the 1994 Osaka Ladies' Marathon.

She is the female world record holder in the ultramarathon of 100 kilometres with a time of 6:33:11, which was set on June 25, 2000, at the Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an official IAAF(International Association of Athletics Federations) race held annually in Hokkaido, Japan.[3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 11th 10,000m 35:23.47
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 3rd Marathon 2:31:01
1994 Osaka Ladies Marathon Osaka, Japan 1st Marathon 2:26:09
1996 Hokkaido Marathon Sapporo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:31:21
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 29th Marathon 2:45:19
2000 Osaka Ladies Marathon Osaka, Japan 6th Marathon 2:28:01
2001 Nagoya Marathon Nagoya, Japan 5th Marathon 2:27:01

References

  1. ↑ Moorcroft, Dave; Foster, Brendan (15 August 1993). "1993 World Championships". BBC. 27 minutes 50 seconds. London, England: posted by Basil Sage as '4230 World Track & Field 1993 Marathon Women' as first in a series of digitized (from VHS) videos for the full marathon (published 14 September 2017). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ Moorcroft, Dave; Foster, Brendan (15 August 1993). "1993 World Championships". BBC. 7 minutes 20 seconds. London, England: posted by Basil Sage as '4253 World Track & Field 1993 Marathon Women' as last in a series of digitized (from VHS) videos for the full marathon (published 11 October 2017). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "100 kilometers Records". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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