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Naoko Takahashi

1972 - Today

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Naoko Takahashi (高橋 尚子, Takahashi Naoko; born May 6, 1972) is a retired Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and at the 2001 Berlin Marathon she became the first woman to complete a marathon in under 2 hours and 20 minutes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naoko Takahashi is the 2,786th most popular athlete (down from 2,519th in 2019), the 2,432nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,940th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Naoko Takahashi ranks 2,786 out of 6,025. Before her are Robert Wangila, Wanda Panfil, Tero Pitkämäki, Donald Thomas, Abdi Bile, and Tapio Sipilä. After her are Yaroslav Rybakov, Tatyana Kotova, Olimpiada Ivanova, Michal Martikán, Bettine Jahn, and Salah Hissou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Naoko Takahashi ranks 577. Before her are Valerio Mastandrea, Ovidiu Stîngă, Nicky Morgan, Kim Do-keun, Andrzej Kubica, and Michel Ancel. After her are Zhao Lijian, Joachim Rønning, Kenji Wakamatsu, Salah Hissou, Álvaro Mesén, and Shaan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Takahashi ranks 2,432 out of 6,245. Before her are Masaki Kinoshita (1989), Naoki Miyata (1987), Daiki Oizumi (1989), Yūji Ueda (1967), Masashi Miyamura (1969), and Ryuzo Morioka (1975). After her are Shinya Kato (1980), Daijiro Takakuwa (1973), Takuro Okuyama (1983), Kinoto Saito (1976), Satoru Yoshida (1970), and Shoko Mikami (1981).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Naoko Takahashi ranks 42. Before her are Nobutaka Taguchi (1951), Beatriz (null), Hideaki Tomiyama (1957), Hiroshi Yamamoto (1962), Koji Murofushi (1974), and Daniel Martínez (null). After her are Yuko Arimori (1966), Takanori Nagase (1993), Tadanori Koshino (1966), Yukinori Miyabe (1968), Masato (1979), and Yoko Tanabe (1966).

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