Junko Asari

{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}}

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{{nihongo|Junko Asari|浅利 純子|Asari Junko|married name Takahashi (高橋); born 22 September 1969 in Kazuno, Akita}} is a retired Japanese marathon runner.{{Cite web |title=アトランタオリンピック1996 浅利 純子（陸上競技）プロフィール - JOC |url=https://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/atlanta/sports/athletics/team/asari.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=日本オリンピック委員会（JOC） |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2015-07-13 |title=93年世陸マラソン「金」 浅利純子さんは３人の男の子の母親に｜あの人は今こうしている |url=http://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/sports/161530 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL}}{{Cite web |title=浅利純子杯争奪第17回鹿角駅伝{{!}}鹿角市 |url=https://www.city.kazuno.akita.jp/soshiki/suportsshinko/gyomu/1/2/4/10269.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.city.kazuno.akita.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=陸上競技のブックガイド｜金メダルを掛けたアヒルさん－浅利純子の青春 |url=http://www.rikbon.sakura.ne.jp/biography/asari.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.rikbon.sakura.ne.jp}}

She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours.{{cite news

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}} In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993.{{Cite web |title=大阪国際女子マラソン・歴代成績 １９９０年から９８年 |url=http://www.sports-watcher.com/marathon/kiroku_book/result_osaka90-97.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.sports-watcher.com}} Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka.{{Cite web |last=チームふるさと |title=浅利純子 |url=https://sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp/furusato/search/5_culture/81_asarijunko.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp |language=ja}} She finished 17th at the 1996 Summer Olympics.