Mayumi Kawasaki
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| Born | May 10, 1980 | ||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||
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 Japan
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||
| Event(s) | 20km Race Walk | ||||||
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Mayumi Kawasaki (Japanese: 川崎 真裕美; born 10 May 1980) is a Japanese race walker. She represented her country in the 20 km race walk at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Her personal best time for the 20 km race walk is 1:28:49 hours.
A three-time Asian Race Walk Champion, she is a former national record holder and the second fastest Japanese race walker after Masumi Fuchise. Kawasaki has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on four occasions, with her best finish being tenth in 2007.
Born in Fukushima Prefecture, she grew up in Kasama, Ibaraki and began competing in racewalking as a teenager. Her first international success came at the 1999 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, where she came second behind China's Li Yurui in the 10,000 metres track walk. She made her senior breakthrough in 2003 with wins at the Japanese Corporate event and the Japanese National Games, before going on to set a national record time of 1:32:16 hours. She improved this to 1:31:19 hours at the 2004 Japanese Championships and was selected for the Olympic team, although injuries resulted in a slow finish in 40th place.
Kawasaki defended her national title in 2005 and competed for Japan at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, improved upon her previous global level performance by ranking 31st overall. She closed the year with an appearance at the 2005 East Asian Games, where she was beaten into fourth place by compatriot Sachiko Konishi. Injuries affected her the following year, forcing a withdrawal from the 2006 Asian Games, although she managed to place sixth at that year's Asian Race Walking Championships and 52nd at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup. In 2007 her national record was beaten by Masumi Fuchise, but Kawasaki rebounded with a personal best and record time of 1:28:56 hours to win the 2007 Asian Race Walking Championships. Later that season she came tenth at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics held in Osaka – this was the best ever finish by a Japanese woman in the event.
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