Norimi Sakurai

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Norimi Sakurai
Personal information
Born (1971-04-20) April 20, 1971 (age 50)
Sport
CountryJapan
Sportultramarathon
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Medal record
Representing  Japan
ultramarathon
IAU World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Winschoten  Netherlands 100km

Norimi Sakurai (櫻井教美, Sakurai Norimi, born 20 April 1971) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner. Sakurai is the current women's 100 km Track world record holder,[1] and the current women's 6H Track world record holder,[1]> and 2007 female winner of IAU 100 km World Championship.[2] She is a three time female winner of 100 km Lake Saroma Ultramarathon and a five-time female winner of Hasetsune cup, an endurance trail race in Japan.

Achievements[]

World Records[]

  • Women's 100 km Track, 7:14:06, Lupatotissima  Italy, Sep 2003[1]
  • Women's 6hour Track, 83.200 kilometres (51.698 mi), Lupatoto Verone  Italy, Sept 2003[1]

World Championship[]

Other races[]

  • 2001, 2003, 2007 female winner of Lake Saroma Ultramarathon,[3] an IAU endorsed official 100 km race in Hokkaido, Japan
  • 2002,2003,2005,2006,2008 female winner of Hasetsune cup,[4] a 71.5 km trail in steep mountains in Japan. Sakurai's 2008 time of 8:54:07 is the current course record.[4]

Personal life[]

Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University.[5] After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events.[5] She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties.[5]

When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came.[6] When asked, she answered that she did not want to throw it on the street.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "I A U WORLD BEST PERFORMANCES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ "IAU WORLD CUP 100 KILOMETRES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ "歴代優勝者と優勝記録 : 100kmの部". Saromanblue.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b . Hasetsune.com http://www.hasetsune.com/result/time.html. Retrieved 7 December 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "おそとを走るとクリアになれる". Tatsujin.osoto.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "新弥のDAYS' - バックナンバー : nikkansports.com". Nikkansports.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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