Hiromi Suzuki (runner)

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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[]

  • 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[]

  1. ^ "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.
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