Junko Asari

Junko Asari (浅利 純子, Asari Junko, married name Takahashi (高橋); born 22 September 1969 in Kazuno, Akita) is a retired Japanese marathon runner.[1][2][3][4]

She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours.[5][6] In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993.[7] Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka.[8] She finished 17th at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Achievements
  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Japan
1993 Osaka Ladies Marathon Osaka, Japan 1st 2:26:26
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st 2:30:03
1995 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st 2:28:46
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 17th 2:34:31
1998 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st 2:28:29

References
  1. "アトランタオリンピック1996 浅利 純子（陸上競技）プロフィール - JOC". 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC） (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. "93年世陸マラソン「金」 浅利純子さんは３人の男の子の母親に｜あの人は今こうしている". 日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. "浅利純子杯争奪第17回鹿角駅伝|鹿角市". www.city.kazuno.akita.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. "陸上競技のブックガイド｜金メダルを掛けたアヒルさん－浅利純子の青春". www.rikbon.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. Moorcroft, Dave; Foster, Brendan (15 August 1993). "1993 World Championships". BBC. 27 minutes 50 seconds. London, England: posted by Basil Sage as '4230 World Track & Field 1993 Marathon Women' as first in a series of digitized (from VHS) videos for the full marathon (published 14 September 2017). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via YouTube.
  6. Moorcroft, Dave; Foster, Brendan (15 August 1993). "1993 World Championships". BBC. 7 minutes 20 seconds. London, England: posted by Basil Sage as '4253 World Track & Field 1993 Marathon Women' as last in a series of digitized (from VHS) videos for the full marathon (published 11 October 2017). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via YouTube.
  7. "大阪国際女子マラソン・歴代成績　１９９０年から９８年". www.sports-watcher.com. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. チームふるさと. "浅利純子". sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.



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