Sumie Inagaki
Birth dateApril 6, 1966 (age 60)
Birth placeHokkaido
CountryJapan
Sportultramarathon
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)

Sumie Inagaki (稲垣寿美恵, Inagaki Sumie, born 6 April 1966) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner from Hokkaido. Inagaki holds current women's world record in 24-hour run Indoor (240.631 kilometres (149.521 mi), Espoo FIN, Jan 2011),[1] and in 48-hour run Track (397.103 kilometres (246.748 mi), Surgeres FRA, May 2010).[1] She is a two time female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run World Championship.[2] She was the female winner of 2006 and 2009 Spartathlon,[3] and the female winner of 2011 and 2012 Badwater Ultramarathon.[4]

Competition record

International competitions

Representing
2006World ChampionshipsTaipei, Republic of China1st24-hour run237.144 km
2004World ChampionshipsBrno, Czech Republic1st24-hour run237.154 km

Non-championship races

2014

  • 1st place in 24-hour run Finland (240.6 km) [5]
  • 1st place in 48-hour run France (397.1 km) [6]

2013

  • 1st place in 24-hour run Finland (220.7 km) [2]
  • 1st place in 48-hour run Sweden (331 km)[2]

2012

  • 1st place in 24-hour run Finland (228.173 km)[2]
  • 1st place among women (11th in general) in Badwater Ultramarathon (29:53:9)[7]
  • 3rd place among women in Soochow International Ultramarathon (221.555 km)[8]

2011

  • 1st place in 24-hour Indoor run Finland, setting the world record of 240.631 km[2]
  • 1st place among women (9th in general) in Badwater Ultramarathon (28:49:27)[9]

2010

  • 1st place in 24-hour run Finland[2]
  • 1st place in 48-hour Track run World Championship, setting a new world record of 397.103 km[2]

2009

  • 1st place in 48-hour run World Championship, setting a new world record of 382.718 km[2]

2006

  • 1st place in 24-hour run World Championship[2]
  • 1st place in 48-hour run World Championship, setting the world record of 382.418 km[2]

Personal life

After graduating from college, Inagaki worked at a kindergarten. She eventually started taking yoga lessons, and now she is an aerobics and yoga instructor.[10]

Inagaki states that ultramarathon is not her job, but what she loves to do, where she finds the joy of life. "What I do is a fun run. I train as if I were having a picnic."[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "IAU World best performances". Archived 2013-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Statistics". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-26.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Αποτελέσματα"
  4. ^ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  5. ^ "IAU World (age) best performances - 50km Women & Men". Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "IAU World (age) best performances - 50km Women & Men". Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  8. ^ "Soochow International 24 Hour Ultramarathon 2012". 9 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results, 2000 to the present". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  10. ^ Chunichi Sports Newspaper 29 May 2006
  11. ^ Chunichi Sports Newspaper 29 May 2006
  12. ^ "Japanese newspaper photo". Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.