Mari Tanigawa

Mari Tanigawa (谷川真理, Tanigawa Mari, born 27 October 1962) is a Japanese former marathon runner.[1] Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, she was a two-time winner at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, winner of the Australia's Gold Coast Marathon in 1992 and won the Paris Marathon in 1994.

Mari Tanigawa
Personal information
Born (1962-10-27) 27 October 1962
Sport
Country Japan

Tanigawa also competed in half marathon races: she won individual and team silver medals at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the 1994 Sapporo Half Marathon and 1996 America's Finest City Half Marathon.[2][3] She was a team bronze medalist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished tenth.

She had career personal bests of 2:27:55 hours for the marathon and 1:09:37 hours for the half marathon.[4]

She is the organizer of several popular races in Japan, the Mari Tanigawa Half Marathon and the Mari Tanigawa Ekiden.

Achievements
  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Japan
1990 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Tokyo, Japan 3rd Marathon 2:34:10
1991 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:31:27
1992 Nagoya International Women's Marathon Nagoya, Japan 3rd Marathon 2:31:09
1992 Gold Coast Marathon Gold Coast, Australia 1st Marathon 2:34:45
1993 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:28:22
1994 Paris Marathon Paris, France 1st Marathon 2:27:55
1996 Honolulu Marathon Honolulu, Hawaii 3rd Marathon 2:36:20
1998 Maui Marathon Maui, Hawaii 1st Marathon 2:40:37
2003 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Oki, Japan 3rd Marathon 3:06:54
2005 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:40:46
2007 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:49:55
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References
  1. "Profile of Mari Tanigawa". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. Winner list Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Sapporo Television Broadcasting. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.
  3. Leydig, Jack (2010-08-16). America's Finest City Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-09-23.
  4. Mari Tanigawa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.


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