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Ryoko Kizaki

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Ryoko Kizaki
Ryoko Kizaki during2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's MarathoninMoscow.
Personal information
Born(1985-06-21)June 21, 1985(age 39)
Kyoto,Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 İzmir Half marathon
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok 10,000 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Nanning Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Marathon

Ryoko Kizaki(Japanese:Mộc kỳ lương tử;born 21 June 1985) is a Japaneselong-distance runnerwho competes inmarathonandhalf marathonraces. She won the 2011Yokohama Women's Marathonin a personal best time of 2:26:32 hours. She is a three-time participant at theIAAF World Half Marathon Championshipsand a two-time medallist at theSummer Universiade.

Career

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Born inKyoto,Kizaki attended the city'sMiyazu High Schoolbefore moving on to further study atBukkyo University.[1]While there, she competed for Japan at theSummer Universiade:she was thehalf marathonsilver medallistat the2005 eventand won a second silver at the2007 edition,where she set a personal best of 32:55.11 minutes in the10,000 metres.[2][3]She finished nineteenth at the2006 World Road Running Championships,helping the Japanese team win thebronze medalin the team competition.[4]

In 2008, she graduated from university and joined theDaihatsucorporate running team.[5]The following year she came seventh in both theAll-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championshipsand the 10,000 m at theJapanese Athletics Championships.[6]She went on to place thirteenth at the2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships,although the Japanese women's team of Kizaki,Yurika NakamuraandRemi Nakazatowere beaten out of the team medals by Russia.[7]

Kizaki made her debut over the marathon distance (42.195 km) at theOsaka Ladies Marathonin January 2010. She finished in sixth place with a time of 2:27:34 hours, being the third Japanese to cross the line.[8]At the Japanese track championships she was runner-up toKayoko Fukushiin both the5000 metresand 10,000 m events.[9]As a result, she was chosen to represent Japan in the shorter event at the2010 Asian GamesinGuangzhou,where she took tenth place.[1]She was also selected for the2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championshipsfor a third time and had her best finish, coming in tenth place to take the team bronze for Japan withYoshimi OzakiandAzusa Nojiri.[10]

In January 2011, she helped Kyoto to win theInter-Prefectural Women's Ekidenand was fifth at the Osaka Marathon.[11][12]TheYokohama Women's Marathonthe following November saw her top the podium for the first time in the event. In spite of hot conditions and poor pacing, she ran a personal best of 2:26:32 hours and defeated her more favoured compatriot Yoshimi Ozaki.[13]She won the first leg of the 2012 Inter-Prefectural Ekiden which opened a lead for the Osaka team to take the women's title.[14]Her run in Yokohama gained her a spot for the2012 Olympic Marathon,where she came sixteenth overall.[15]

Kizaki improved her best by three minutes at theNagoya Marathonin March 2013, running a time of 2:23:34 hours to win the race and another international selection.[16]

Personal bests

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References

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  1. ^abMộc 﨑 lương tử Ryouko KizakiArchived2011-10-12 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese).Japanese Association of Athletics Federations.Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  2. ^World Student Games - Women.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  3. ^Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2007-08-10).Historic gold for Thailand as athletics starts at World University Games, Day 1.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  4. ^Official Team Results 20 Kilometres - W.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  5. ^ダイハツ lục thượng cạnh kỹ bộ: Mộc 﨑 lương tử(in Japanese).Daihatsu. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  6. ^Nakamura, Ken (2009-03-15).Kenyan double at Japan Corp Team Half Marathon; Japanese selection for Birmingham hots-up.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  7. ^Official Team Results Half Marathon - W.IAAF (2009-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  8. ^Nakamura, Ken (2010-01-31).With late race charge Gobena triumphs in Osaka.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  9. ^Nakamura, Ken (2010-06-07).Murofushi and Murakami extended their winning streak at the Japanese National Championships.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  10. ^Official Team Results Half Marathon - WomenArchived2011-06-29 at theWayback Machine.IAAF(2010). Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  11. ^Nakamura, Ken (2011-01-17).Kyoto takes women’s Inter-Prefectural Ekiden title in Kyoto.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  12. ^Nakamura, Ken (2011-01-30).Akaba out-duels Ito in windy Osaka.IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  13. ^Nakamura, Ken (2011-11-20).Kizaki out duels Ozaki in Yokohama.IAAF.Retrieved on 2011-11-20.
  14. ^Nakamura, Ken (2012-01-15).Osaka wins women’s Inter-Prefectural Ekiden in Kyoto.IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-16.
  15. ^Women's MarathonArchived2013-01-28 atarchive.today.London 2012. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  16. ^Kizaki clinches World Championships berth with Nagoya victory as Noguchi returns.IAAF (2013-03-10). Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
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