Sumie Inagaki

Spartathlon winner 2006 and 2009

Sumie Inagaki
Inagaki at the 2007 Soochow International 24-Hour Ultra-Marathon
Personal information
Born (1966-04-06) April 6, 1966 (age 60)
Hokkaido
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
Sportultramarathon
Medal record
Representing  Japan
ultramarathon
IAU 24 Hour World Championship
Gold medal – first place2006 Taipei24-hour run
Gold medal – first place2004 Brno24-hour run

Sumie Inagaki (稲垣寿美恵, Inagaki Sumie; born 6 April 1966) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner from Hokkaido. Inagaki holds current women's world record in 24-hour run Indoor (240.631 kilometres (149.521 miles), Espoo FIN, Jan 2011), and in 48-hour run Track (397.103 kilometres (246.748 miles), Surgeres FRA, May 2010). She is a two time female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run World Championship. She was the female winner of 2006 and 2009 Spartathlon, and the female winner of 2011 and 2012 Badwater Ultramarathon.

Competition record

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
2006 World Championships Taipei, Republic of China 1st 24-hour run 237.144 km
2004 World Championships Brno, Czech Republic 1st 24-hour run 237.154 km

Non-championship races

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2006

Personal life

After graduating from college, Inagaki worked at a kindergarten. She eventually started taking yoga lessons, and now she is an aerobics and yoga instructor.

Inagaki states that ultramarathon is not her job, but what she loves to do, where she finds the joy of life. "What I do is a fun run. I train as if I were having a picnic."

References

  1. 1 2 "IAU World best performances" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-26.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Αποτελέσματα".
  4. ↑ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "IAU World (age) best performances - 50km Women & Men" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-10.
  6. ↑ "IAU World (age) best performances - 50km Women & Men" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-10.
  7. ↑ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Soochow International 24 Hour Ultramarathon 2012". 9 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Retrieved 2014-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ Chunichi Sports Newspaper 29 May 2006
  11. ↑ Chunichi Sports Newspaper 29 May 2006
  12. ↑ "Japanese newspaper photo". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02.