Izumi Maki (athlete)

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Izumi Maki
Personal information
Native name真木 和
Birth nameYamaoka
Nationality
World Championships in Athletics
National finals1st (10,000m 1992)
Personal best(s)31:40.38 (10,000m), 2:27:32 hrs (marathon)

Izumi Maki (真木 和, Maki Izumi, née Yamaoka (山岡); December 10, 1968 – October 18, 2018 in

Summer Olympics: in 1992 (12th place in the 10,000 metres) and 1996 (12th place in the women's marathon). She competed for the Wacoal
corporate team during her career.

In addition to her Olympic appearances, Maki competed three times at the

World Championships in Athletics in the 10,000 m, coming 20th in 1991 and 17th in 1993. She won the Japanese Championship in the 10,000 m once in her career, in 1992.[2]

Maki had back-to-back wins at the

Gold Coast Half Marathon in the latter year.[4] She was the initial winner of the 1995 Sapporo Half Marathon in a time of 70:10 minutes, but was disqualified for a doping violation and banned for three month.[5]

Later in her career she focused on marathon running. She won the 1996

Nagoya International Women's Marathon and the Pilot Marathon in 1998.[6][7] She retired from the sport in the late 1990s. She is now a training advisor to the Fujita Running Academy.[8]

Maki holds the Asian record for the infrequently contested 20,000 m track race,[9] a mark which was formerly the world record for the event.[10]

She died of breast cancer on October 18, 2018.[11] She was 49.

Personal bests

International competitions

Representing  Japan
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1991 World Championships
Tokyo, Japan
20th 10,000 m 33:27.84
1992 Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
12th 10,000m 31:55.06
1996
Nagoya Marathon
Nagoya, Japan
1st Marathon 2:27:32
Olympic Games
Atlanta, United States
12th Marathon 2:32:35

References

  1. ^ Izumi Maki Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  2. ^ Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  3. ^ Shibetsu Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  4. ^ Gold Coast Half Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  5. ^ All-time women's best half-marathon. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  6. ^ Nagoya International Women's Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  7. ^ Pilot Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  8. ^ 真木 和 (現姓:山岡) MAKI Izumi. FRA. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  9. ^ Asian Continental Records Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. Asian Athletics Association (2013-12-31). Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  10. ^ 20,000 Metres - women - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.
  11. ISSN 0447-5763
    . Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  12. ^ JPN Record Progressions- Track. ARRS. Retrieved on 2014-03-01.

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