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Kiyoko Shimahara
JAPAN
BIRTHDATE:
December 22, 1976
PERSONAL BEST:
2:25:10 (Hokkaido, 2009)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 3rd 2:30:19
02Sep07 IAAF World Championships 6th 2:31:40
22Apr07 Flora London Marathon DNF
17Apr06 Boston Marathon 5th 2:26:52
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
15Nov09 Yokohoma Women’s Marathon 2nd 2:28:51
30Aug09 Hokkaido Marathon 1st 2:25:10
22Mar09 Tokyo Marathon 6th 2:31:57
09Dec06 Asian Games Marathon, Doha 2nd 2:30:34
29Jan06 Osaka International Ladies Marathon 3rd 2:26:47
28Aug05 Hokkaido Marathon 2nd 2:26:14
21Nov04 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 2nd 2:26:43
16Nov03 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 3rd 2:31:10
11Feb03 Hitachinaka Marathon 1st 2:28:17
CAREER NOTES:
Shimahara's marathon career started impressively with a sub-2:30 victory at Hitachinaka, Japan. She continued to break 2:30 at other Japanese marathons and early in 2006 she recorded a personal best 1:10:16 at the Miyazaki Half Marathon before placing third in Osaka. Shimahara fell just short of her personal best when she ran 2:26:52 to place fifth at the 2006 Boston Marathon.
She says her proudest running accomplishment was finishing as the top Japanese runner and second overall at the 2004 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games marathon and competing on home soil in 2007 came in sixth at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka.
After finishing third at Chicago in 2008, Shimahara competed three times in Japan in 2009. Her top accomplishment was her seocnd victory at the Hokkaido Marathon in Sapporo in a new personal best of 2:25:10.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Shimahara was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture and currently lives in Tokyo. She competes for the Shiseido Cosmetics corporate team and trains in Japan, China, and the United States. She is a 1999 graduate of Kokushikan University with a degree in physical fitness.
HIGHLIGHTS:
04/17/06 Boston Marathon 5th 2:26:52
01/29/06 Osaka International Ladies Marathon 3rd 2:26:47
08/28/05 Hokkaido Marathon 2nd 2:26:14
11/21/04 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 2nd 2:26:43
11/16/03 Tokyo International Women’s Marathon 3rd 2:31:10
02/11/03 Hitachinaka Marathon 1st 2:28:17
