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Mami Kudo

Mami Kudo
2009 SCUltraMarathon Closing Hwang and two Champions.jpg
Mami Kudo (right) and Ryoichi Sekiya (left), winners of the 2009 SCUltraMarathon
Personal information
Born (1964-07-17) July 17, 1964 (age 52)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport ultramarathon

Mami Kudo (工藤真実 Kudō Mami?, born 17 July 1964) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner and women's winner of the 2013 IAU 24 Hour World Championship. Kudo holds the women's world record in the 24-hour run on the track and road, and also the 48-hour run road discipline.

In December 2011 Kudo reset her own 24-hour world record by running 255.303 km at the Soochow International 24 hour race in Taiwan. On 11–12 May 2013, Kudo won the IAU female 24-hour Road World Championship, setting a new world record of 24 hour Road (252,205 kilometres (156,713 mi)).

Kudo was selected as the Athlete of the Year by IAU for the years of 2012 and 2013.


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