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Competitive career [ edit ]. Post-competitive career [ edit ]. Achievements [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Nikkan Sports in Japanese. Retrieved Ken World Athletics. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN Archived from the original on 6 October Retrieved 15 July Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on Gifu Marathon.

Log In. Browse Biographies. Quiz Are you a biography master? A Jesse Owens. B Carl Lewis. The first of her total of six marathons was in in Osaka, where she finished seventh with a time of Hardly two years later, her first big win made the world of athletics sit up and take notice of her. Her result was so outstanding that some refused to believe it at first.

Pundits talked of the best ever performance by a female marathon runner when she won the title at the Asia Games in — the seventh fastest time ever. But it was the conditions that made the win so impressive. The 1. In Sydney Takahashi was again number one, which made her the idol of a marathon-crazy Japan. As for the previous Olympic champions, Roba only finished 9 th , while Yegorova abandoned after the 15k mark.

The victory of Takahashi made her a celebrity in Japan, although she continued running marathons with great success. In she became the first woman in breaking the 2. She won again in Berlin in , and also Tokyo , but failed to qualify in the Japanese team for the Olympics of Athens and Beijing After this latest disappointment she retired.

A long Olympic career defending the Romanian flag going from to As for Chepchumba, she managed to add the marathon of New York to her other important victories.