# Nobuko Fujimura > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nobuko_Fujimura > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nobuko_Fujimura.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuko_Fujimura > Source revision: 1317299647 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner (born 1965)}} {{MedalTableTop|sport= Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)|country_code=JPN|medals= {{Medal|Competition|[Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[1994 Hiroshima](/source/1994_Asian_Games)|[Marathon](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Asian_Games)}} }} '''Nobuko Fujimura''' ({{langx|ja|藤村 信子}}; born 18 December 1965) is a Japanese female former [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner) who competed in the [marathon](/source/marathon). She won the [Hokkaido Marathon](/source/Hokkaido_Marathon) in 1993 and the [Tokyo Women's Marathon](/source/Tokyo_Women's_Marathon) in 1996. She represented her country at the [World Championships in Athletics](/source/World_Championships_in_Athletics) (1997), [IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) (1994), and was a bronze medallist at the [1994 Asian Games](/source/1994_Asian_Games). ==Career== Born in [Kameoka](/source/Kameoka), she attended [Kyoto Prefectural](/source/Kyoto_Prefecture) Minamidan High School and took up [running](/source/running) there, initially doing the [400 metres](/source/400_metres). She moved up to longer distances after she began studying at [Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences](/source/Osaka_University_of_Health_and_Sport_Sciences).[http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/sport/j-ekiden/fujimura.html ｻ荀ﾎﾃ豕ﾘｻﾂ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013959/http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/sport/j-ekiden/fujimura.html |date=2016-03-05 }} {{in lang|ja}}. Kyoto NP. Retrieved on 2018-01-28. Following her graduation she joined the [Tsugumichi Suzuki](/source/Tsugumichi_Suzuki)-led [Daihatsu](/source/Daihatsu) corporate running team.[http://www.daihatsu-trackandfield.jp/profile/history.html Team History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102072958/http://www.daihatsu-trackandfield.jp/profile/history.html |date=2018-01-02 }} . Daihatsu Track and Field. Retrieved on 2018-01-28. Her running professional career began in earnest in her mid-twenties. She ranked in the top ten at the [Gold Coast Half Marathon](/source/Gold_Coast_Half_Marathon) in 1991 and 1992. The 1993 season marked a breakthrough, as she took fourth at the high-profile [Osaka Women's Marathon](/source/Osaka_Women's_Marathon) with a personal best of 2:30:02 hours before winning the [Hokkaido Marathon](/source/Hokkaido_Marathon).[https://more.arrs.run/runner/1316 Nobuko Fujimura]. [Association of Road Racing Statisticians](/source/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians). Retrieved 2018-01-28. She returned an improved runner to Osaka the next year and knocked nearly four minutes from her best with a time of 2:26:09 to place second behind [Tomoe Abe](/source/Tomoe_Abe).[https://more.arrs.run/race/2535 1994 Osaka Women's Marathon]. [Association of Road Racing Statisticians](/source/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians). Retrieved 2018-01-28. She was chosen for two international teams that year, first at the [1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/1994_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships), where she placed in the top 100 in the women's race, and then in the marathon at the [1994 Asian Games](/source/1994_Asian_Games), where she claimed the bronze medal behind Chinese opposition.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-01-28. Her 1995 was highlighted by her first marathon on foreign soil, and she finished in third at the [Paris race](/source/Paris_Marathon). An attempt to gain selection for the [1996 Atlanta Olympics](/source/1996_Atlanta_Olympics) failed as he was eighth at the Osaka Marathon, where performances were used by the national selectors. Despite this disappointment, the season proved to be a career high as she finished third at the 1996 [Boston Marathon](/source/Boston_Marathon), and won the [Tokyo Women's Marathon](/source/Tokyo_Women's_Marathon) in 2:28:58 hours, which was also the national championship race.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/jpn.htm Japanese Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-01-28.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mar.htm International Marathons]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-01-28. Fujimura was chosen to represent Japan at the [1997 World Championships in Athletics](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics) and her tenth-place finish, combined with the performances of winner [Hiromi Suzuki](/source/Hiromi_Suzuki_(athlete)) and fourth-placer [Takako Tobise](/source/Takako_Tobise), led the Japanese women to the title at the [1997 World Marathon Cup](/source/1997_World_Marathon_Cup).[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/road.htm IAAF World Marathon Cup]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-01-28. Fujimura's career quickly tailed off after the 1997 season. She was 15th at the Osaka Marathon in 1998 and was close to the 3-hour mark at the Naha Marathon the next year. Her last outings at major races were 33rd in Tokyo in 2002 and a DNF at the 2003 Osaka Marathon. Following the end of her professional running career, she became a [physical education](/source/physical_education) teacher at Fuchu Nuran High School, coaching [track and field](/source/track_and_field). She later moved to Nankan High School and also served on [Ritsumeikan University](/source/Ritsumeikan_University) coaching staff.[http://www.kyoto-be.ne.jp/nantan-hs/sub06/index.html 部活動一覧] {{in lang|ja}}. Kyoto-be. Retrieved on 2018-01-28. ==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |rowspan=3|1994 |rowspan=2|[World Cross Country Championships](/source/1994_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Budapest](/source/Budapest), Hungary |94th |[Senior race](/source/1994_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_women's_race) |22:24 |- |8th |Team |134 pts |- |[Asian Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Asian_Games) |[Hiroshima](/source/Hiroshima), Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Marathon |2:37:03 |- |rowspan=2|1997 |[World Championships](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Athens](/source/Athens), Greece |10th |[Marathon](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_marathon) |2:36:51 |- |[World Marathon Cup](/source/1997_World_Marathon_Cup) |[Athens](/source/Athens), Greece |bgcolor=gold|1st |Team |7:38:57 |} ==National titles== *Japan Marathon Championships: 1996 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} {{Footer Tokyo International Marathon Champions Women}} {{Japan Championships in Athletics women's marathon champions}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujimura, Nobuko}} Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:People from Kameoka, Kyoto Category:Athletes from Kyoto Prefecture Category:Japanese athletics coaches Category:Japanese women long-distance runners Category:Japanese women marathon runners Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners Category:Tokyo Marathon women winners Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen Category:21st-century Japanese women Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nobuko Fujimura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuko_Fujimura) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuko_Fujimura?action=history)). 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