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Junko Asari

1969 - Today

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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. She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993. Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Junko Asari is the 4,617th most popular athlete (down from 4,176th in 2024), the 3,689th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,853rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Junko Asari ranks 4,617 out of 6,025. Before her are Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Anja Rücker, Abraham Kibiwot, Maialen Chourraut, Antonio McKay, and Franziska Weber. After her are Cindy Roleder, Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Simon Whitfield, Kamila Lićwinko, Masashi Ebinuma, and Hansle Parchment.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Junko Asari ranks 1,189. Before her are Stephen Full, Christoph Ahlhaus, Vladislav Ternavsky, Rachel Shelley, Nicole Bradtke, and Koichi Hashimoto. After her are Fernando Cornejo, John LeClair, Mabel Mosquera, Mike Stulce, Todd Hays, and Fabrizio Mori.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junko Asari ranks 3,696 out of 6,245. Before her are Risa Taneda (1988), Shinji Fujiyoshi (1970), Koichi Hashimoto (1969), Ryoko Shiraishi (1982), Asuna Tanaka (1988), and Tomori Kusunoki (1999). After her are Ado Onaiwu (1995), Satoru Suzuki (1975), Masashi Ebinuma (1990), Azusa Iwashimizu (1986), Yuji Kamimura (1976), and Daisuke Kimori (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Junko Asari ranks 55. Before her are Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Sergio Fernández (null), Kōichi Morishita (1967), Nobuharu Asahara (1972), Yumiko Shige (1965), and Kaori Matsumoto (1987). After her are Masashi Ebinuma (1990), Miya Tachibana (1974), Takaharu Furukawa (1984), Tomokazu Harimoto (2003), Seiya Suzuki (1994), and Kyoko Iwasaki (1978).

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