Yukiko Okamoto (athlete)

Yukiko Okamoto, also known as Sachiko Okamoto, (Japanese: 岡本幸子;[1] born 29 November 1974) is a retired Japanese runner who specialized in the half marathon and marathon.

At the 1990 World Cross Country Championships she finished eighteenth in the junior race,[2] and won a silver medal in the team competition. At the 1995 World Cross Country Championships she finished fifteenth in the senior race and ended fourth in the team competition. She also won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Road Relay Championships.

She later finished ninth at the 1998 World Half Marathon Championships and eighth at the 2000 World Half Marathon Championships.[2] These two championships ended with a fifth place and silver medal, respectively, in team competition.

Okamoto became Japanese champion once, in the 10,000 metres in 2000.[3]

Her personal best times were 15:27.77 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Nishinomiya;[4] 32:06.42 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in October 2000 in Sendai; 1:09:12 hours in the half marathon, achieved in March 2000 in Yamaguchi; and 2:26:21 hours in the marathon, achieved in March 2001 in Nagoya.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nagoya Marathon History Archived December 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. Nagoya Marathon. Retrieved on 2014-05-29.
  2. 1 2 3 Yukiko Okamoto profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ "Japanese Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ↑ World women's all-time best 5000m (last updated 2001)


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