Tomoe Abe

Tomoe Abe (Japanese: 安部友恵, Abe Tomoe; born 13 August 1971 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a retired Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:31:01. Her personal best time was 2:26:09, achieved when she won the 1994 Osaka Ladies Marathon. She is the female world record holder over the ultramarathon distance of 100 kilometres with a time of 6:33:11 on June 25, 2000.

Resources

• IAAF:100 kilometres records
• [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=67973/index.html IAAF profile for Tomoe Abe

Source

• Wikipedia