Hiromi Suzuki (runner)
Hiromi Suzuki (鈴木 博美, Suzuki Hiromi, born December 6, 1968 in Chiba) is a former female long-distance runner from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. Suzuki is best known for winning the world title in the women's marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece (1997).
Suzuki was a torchbearer at the 1998 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies in Nagano.
She is married to former sprinter Koji Ito.[1]
Personal bests
[edit]- 3000 metres — 9:21.92 (01/01/1987)
- 5000 metres — 15:30.43 (25/07/1999)
- 10,000 metres — 31:19.40 (09/06/1996)
- Half Marathon — 1:10:33 (18/07/1999)
- Marathon — 2:26:27 (28/01/1996)
References
[edit]- ^ "鈴木博美、伊東浩司夫妻「心の中に小出監督はいる」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiromi Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-01.
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