Honami Maeda

Honami Maeda
	Maeda in 2019 Japan’s Marathon Grand Championship
Personal information
Native name	前田穂南
Nickname(s)	Honan
Ethnicity	Japanese
Born	Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Alma mater	Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) ; Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight	46 kg (101 lb) [1]
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10,000 metres, Marathon
College team	Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School
Club	Tenmaya
Team	Asics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000 m: 15:38:16; 10,000 m: 32:13:87; Half marathon: 69:12 (2018 Sanyo Women's Half Marathon) [2]; Marathon: 2:23:48 (2018 Osaka International Ladies Marathon)[1];

Honami Maeda (前田穂南, Maeda Honami, born July 17, 1996) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She has been selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Running career

Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48)[1]. She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon[1], and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.[3]

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External links

Honami Maeda at JAAF (in Japanese)

References

"Japan Association of Athletics Federation". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
"Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
"Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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[Honami-1] "Japan Association of Athletics Federation". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[2] "Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[3] "Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.