Honami Maeda
Personal information | |
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Native name | 前田 穂南 |
Nickname | Honan |
Born | [1] Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture | 17 July 1996
Alma mater | Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka) |
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] |
Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) [1] |
Sport | |
Country | Japan |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 10,000 metres, Marathon |
College team | Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School |
Club | Tenmaya (天満屋) |
Team | Asics |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests |
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Honami Maeda (前田 穂南, Maeda Honami, born 17 July 1996) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the marathon (2:18:59), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She represented Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48).[1] She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon,[1] and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.[3]
On 10 March 2024, Maeda was selected to represent Japan in the women's marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[4] On 9 August, the day before the race, she announced that she would be forced to withdraw from competition due to a stress fracture in her right femur.[5]
Marathons
[edit]Key: Personal best
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Japan | |||||
2017 | Osaka Women's Marathon | Osaka, Japan | 12th | Marathon | 2:32:19 |
Hokkaido Marathon | Hokkaido, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:28:48 | |
2018 | Osaka Women's Marathon | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:23:48 |
Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 7th | Marathon | 2:25:23 | |
2019 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 12th | Marathon | 2:31:42 |
2020 | Marathon Grand Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:25:15 |
2021 | Osaka Women's Marathon | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:23:30 |
Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | 33rd | Marathon | 2:35:28 | |
2023 | Nagoya Women's Marathon | Nagoya, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:22:32 |
Marathon Grand Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | Marathon | 2:27:02 | |
2024 | Osaka Women's Marathon | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:18:59 (NR) |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | DNS | Marathon |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "前田 穂南" [Honami Maeda]. jaaf.or.jp (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 3 March 2020. (English translation)
- ^ "Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "女子マラソン最後の1枠は前田穂南 パリ五輪代表 名古屋ウィメンズ" [The last spot for the women's marathon goes to Honami Maeda, Paris Olympic representative, Nagoya Women's Marathon]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 March 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024. (English translation)
- ^ "女子マラソン・前田穂南、パリ五輪を欠場…右大腿骨の疲労骨折" [Women's marathon runner Honami Maeda will miss the Paris Olympics due to a stress fracture in her right femur]. Yomiuri Shimbun Online (in Japanese). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024. (English translation)
External links
[edit]- Honami Maeda at World Athletics
- Honami Maeda at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Honami Maeda – Paris 2024 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Honami Maeda – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Honami Maeda at Olympedia (archive)
- Honami Maeda at Olympics.com
- Honami Maeda at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Honami Maeda – Paris 2024 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- Honami Maeda – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Amagasaki
- Japanese female long-distance runners
- Japanese female marathon runners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
- Japan Championships in Athletics winners
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Olympic female marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese athletics biography stubs