Norimi Sakurai

Norimi Sakurai
Personal information
Born	April 20, 1971 (age 55)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Ultramarathon
Medal record
Representing Japan
ultramarathon
IAU World Championship

Norimi Sakurai (櫻井教美, Sakurai Norimi; born 20 April 1971) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner. Sakurai is the current women's 100 km Track world record holder, and the current women's 6H Track world record holder, and 2007 female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship. She is a three time female winner of 100 km Lake Saroma Ultramarathon and a five-time female winner of Hasetsune cup, an endurance trail race in Japan.

Achievements

World Records

Women's 100 km Track, 7:14:06, Lupatotissima Italy, Sep 2003
Women's 6hour Track, 83.200 kilometres (51.698 miles), Lupatoto Verone Italy, Sept 2003

World Championship

2007 female winner of IAU 24-hour run 100 km World Championship, 7:00:27, Winschoten Netherlands

Other races

2001, 2003, 2007 female winner of Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an IAU endorsed official 100 km race in Hokkaido, Japan
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 female winner of Hasetsune cup, a 71.5 km trail in steep mountains in Japan. Sakurai's 2008 time of 8:54:07 is the current course record.

Personal life

Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University. After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events. She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties.

When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came. When asked, she answered that she did not want to throw it on the street.

References

1 2 3 4 "I A U WORLD BEST PERFORMANCES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
↑ "IAU WORLD CUP 100 KILOMETRES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
↑ "歴代優勝者と優勝記録 : 100kmの部". Saromanblue.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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1 2 3 "おそとを走るとクリアになれる". Tatsujin.osoto.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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[IAU-1] 1 2 3 4 "I A U WORLD BEST PERFORMANCES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. February 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[2] "IAU WORLD CUP 100 KILOMETRES" (PDF). Iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[3] "歴代優勝者と優勝記録 : 100kmの部". Saromanblue.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[hasetsune.com-4] 1 2 "優勝タイムの変遷". www.hasetsune.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[おそとを走るとクリアになれる-5] 1 2 3 "おそとを走るとクリアになれる". Tatsujin.osoto.jp. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[Nikkansports.com-6] 1 2 "新弥のDAYS' - バックナンバー : nikkansports.com". Nikkansports.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.