{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Honami Maeda | honorific_suffix = | image = Honami_Maeda_190915b.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Maeda in 2019 Japan's Marathon Grand Championship | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = 前田 穂南 | native_name_lang = Maeda Honami | birth_name = | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = Honan | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|17|df=y}} <ref name="Honami"/> | birth_place = Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) <br/> Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka) | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = 1.66 m <ref name="Honami">{{cite web |url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/athletes/profile/honami_maeda/ |title=前田 穂南 |trans-title=Honami Maeda |website=jaaf.or.jp |language=ja |publisher=Japan Association of Athletics Federations |access-date=3 March 2020}} ([https://www-jaaf-or-jp.translate.goog/athletes/profile/honami_maeda/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en English translation])</ref> | weight = 46 kg <ref name="Honami" /> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = {{JAP}} | sport = Track and field | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = 10,000 metres, Marathon | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School | league = | league_type = | club = Tenmaya (天満屋) | team = Asics | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = {{unbulleted list |'''5000 m:''' 15:38:16 |'''10,000 m:''' 32:13:87 |'''Half marathon:''' 69:12 (2018 Sanyo Women's Half Marathon) <ref>{{cite web |title=Sanyo Women's Half Marathon |url=https://www.arrs.run/HP_SanyoHM.htm |website=arrs.run |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> |'''30 km''' : 1:38:35 '''{{AthAbbr|AR}}''' |'''Marathon:''' 2:18:59 '''{{AthAbbr|NR}}''' (2024 Osaka International Ladies Marathon) }} <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }}
{{Nihongo|'''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).<ref name="Honami" /> She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon,<ref name="Honami" /> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/09/shogo-nakamura-wins-wild-and-thrilling-japanese-olympic-marathon-trials-as-honami-maeda-crushes-womens-field/ |access-date=2 March 2020 |publisher=letsrun.com}}</ref>
On 10 March 2024, Maeda was selected to represent Japan in the women's marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240310/k00/00m/050/051000c |title=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 |trans-title=The last spot for the women's marathon goes to Honami Maeda, Paris Olympic representative, Nagoya Women's Marathon |newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun |language=ja |date=10 March 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024}} ([https://mainichi-jp.translate.goog/articles/20240310/k00/00m/050/051000c?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en English translation])</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/olympic/2024/20240810-OYT1T50180/ |title=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 |trans-title=Women's marathon runner Honami Maeda will miss the Paris Olympics due to a stress fracture in her right femur |newspaper=Yomiuri Shimbun Online |language=ja |date=10 August 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024}} ([https://www-yomiuri-co-jp.translate.goog/olympic/2024/20240810-OYT1T50180/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en English translation])</ref>
==Marathons== '''Key:''' {{legend2|#A9F5A9|Personal best|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|2017 |Osaka Women's Marathon |Osaka, Japan |12th |Marathon |2:32:19 |- |Hokkaido Marathon |Hokkaido, Japan |bgcolor=gold|1st |Marathon |2:28:48 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |Osaka Women's Marathon |Osaka, Japan |bgcolor=silver|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 |bgcolor=gold|1st |Marathon |2:25:15 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |Osaka Women's Marathon |Osaka, Japan |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Marathon |2:23:30 |- |Olympic Games |Sapporo, Japan |33rd |Marathon |2:35:28 |- |rowspan=2|2023 |Nagoya Women's Marathon |Nagoya, Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Marathon |2:22:32 |- |Marathon Grand Championship |Tokyo, Japan |7th |Marathon |2:27:02 |- |rowspan=2|2024 |Osaka Women's Marathon |Osaka, Japan |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Marathon |bgcolor=#A9F5A9|'''2:18:59''' (NR) |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |{{AthAbbr|DNS}} |Marathon | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Honami Maeda}} * {{JAAF|honami_maeda}} * {{Olympics.com|honami-maeda}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team Japan athletes|maedahonami}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maeda, Honami}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Amagasaki Category:Athletes from Hyōgo Prefecture Category:Japanese women long-distance runners Category:Japanese women marathon runners Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners Category:Olympic athletes for Japan Category:Olympic women marathon runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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