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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,[1] and the current women's 6H Track world record holder,[1]> and 2007 female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship.[2] 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.
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| Born | April 20, 1971 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ultramarathon | ||||||||||||||
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World Records
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,[3] an IAU endorsed official 100 km race in Hokkaido, Japan
- 2002,2003,2005,2006,2008 female winner of Hasetsune cup,[4] a 71.5 km trail in steep mountains in Japan. Sakurai's 2008 time of 8:54:07 is the current course record.[4]
Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University.[5] After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events.[5] She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties.[5]
When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came.[6] When asked, she answered that she did not want to throw it on the street.[6]
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