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Born |
Kitsuki, Ōita |
August 13, 1971 ||||||||||||
Height | 149 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||
Sport | marathon, ultramarathon | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tomoe Abe (Japanese: 安部友恵, Abe Tomoe; born 13 August 1971 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a retired Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships with a time of 2:31:01. Her personal best time is 2:26:09, achieved when she won the 1994 Osaka Ladies' Marathon.
She is the female world record holder in the ultramarathon of 100 kilometres with a time of 6:33:11, which was set on June 25, 2000 at the Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an official IAAF(International Association of Athletics Federations) race held annually in Hokkaido, Japan.