Mizuki Noguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mizuki Noguchi

Japanese marathon runner and Olympic champion

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1978

Place of Birth: Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Mizuki Noguchi

  • Mizuki Noguchi (?? ???, Noguchi Mizuki, born July 3, 1978) is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event.
  • She is an Olympic champion over the distance. Initially starting out as a track and cross country athlete, her first major success was becoming the Asian cross country champion at age 21.
  • She soon switched to road running, however, focusing on the half marathon.
  • She won the individual and team silver medals at the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and won a second team silver with a fourth-place finish at the same competition in 2000. A switch to the marathon event demonstrated her talents further: She won the Nagoya and Osaka Women's Marathons, and took the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.
  • Her good form continued and she became the Olympic champion in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
  • She won the Berlin Marathon the following year, setting world records at 25 km and 30 km along the way, and finishing with a personal best of 2:19:12 – a course record in Berlin and a new Asian record for the distance.
  • The 25K world record was beaten by Mary Keitany of Kenya in 2010, who ran the distance in 1:19:53 hours.Before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Noguchi had set the second fastest time in the world for the previous year.
  • However, she was ruled out of all competitions after tests revealed that she had fatigue and a muscular back problem.
  • She missed the Olympics and the entire 2009 and 2010 seasons as a result.
  • She returned in November 2011 with a fifth-place finish at the Zevenheuvelenloop.
  • She tried to gain a spot on the 2012 Olympic team, but her run of 2:25:33 hours left her in sixth at the Nagoya Marathon.
  • A return to Nagoya in 2013 brought her third place with a run of 2:24:05 hours.

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