Norimi Sakurai
{{short description|Japanese ultramarathon runner (born 1971)}}
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| name = Norimi Sakurai
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|4|20}}
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| country = Japan
| sport = Ultramarathon
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{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalSport | ultramarathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|IAU World Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Winschoten {{NED}}|100km }}
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{{Nihongo|Norimi Sakurai|櫻井教美|Sakurai Norimi|born 20 April 1971}} is a Japanese ultramarathon runner. Sakurai is the current women's 100 km Track world record holder,{{cite web|url=http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/file/World_Best_Performances_FEB_13_.pdf|title=I A U WORLD BEST PERFORMANCES|date=February 2013|accessdate=7 December 2014|publisher=Iau-ultramarathon.org}} and the current women's 6H Track world record holder,> and 2007 female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/images/file/IAU%20100km%20World%20Cup%20Results%201987%20to%202008.pdf|title=IAU WORLD CUP 100 KILOMETRES|publisher=Iau-ultramarathon.org|accessdate=7 December 2014}} She is a three time female winner of 100 km Lake Saroma Ultramarathon and a five-time female winner of Hasetsune cup, an endurance trail race in Japan.
Achievements
= World Records =
=World Championship=
- 2007 female winner of IAU 24-hour run 100 km World Championship, 7:00:27, Winschoten {{NED}}
=Other races=
- 2001, 2003, 2007 female winner of Lake Saroma Ultramarathon,{{cite web|url=http://saromanblue.jp/guidance/winner.html|title=歴代優勝者と優勝記録 : 100kmの部|publisher=Saromanblue.jp|accessdate=7 December 2014}} an IAU endorsed official 100 km race in Hokkaido, Japan
- 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 female winner of Hasetsune cup,{{cite web|url=http://www.hasetsune.com/result/time.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205022406/http://www.hasetsune.com/result/time.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=5 Feb 2010|title=優勝タイムの変遷|language=ja|website=www.hasetsune.com|accessdate=7 December 2014}} a 71.5 km trail in steep mountains in Japan. Sakurai's 2008 time of 8:54:07 is the current course record.
Personal life
Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University.{{cite web|url=http://tatsujin.osoto.jp/norimi-sakurai.html|title=おそとを走るとクリアになれる|publisher=Tatsujin.osoto.jp|accessdate=7 December 2014}} After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events. She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties.
When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came.{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/goto/2007/goto070922.html|title=新弥のDAYS' - バックナンバー : nikkansports.com|publisher=Nikkansports.com|accessdate=7 December 2014}} When asked, she answered that she did not want to throw it on the street.
References
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{{Footer World Champions 100 km Women}}
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Category:Japanese ultramarathon runners
Category:Japanese female long-distance runners
Category:Female ultramarathon runners
Category:IAU Trail World Championships winners