Reiko TOSA

Reiko Tosa - Japan - 2001 & 2007 World Championships Marathon medals.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 02 September 2007

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 11 June 1976
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      Ehime, Japan
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Reiko TOSA - Japan - 2001 & 2007 World Championships Marathon medals.

A delighted Reiko is pictured above, fist clenched in celebration, about to cross the line to

win the bronze medal in the womens Marathon at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.

Willed on by her home support, Tosa delighted her fans by passing China's Xiaolin Zhu

in the closing stages to claim what was Japan's only medal of the championships.


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Women's Marathon.

2007 World Athletics Championships

1. Catherine NDEREBA   KEN   2: 30: 37
2. Chunxiu ZHOU   CHN   2: 30: 45
3. Reiko TOSA   JPN   2: 30: 55
4. Xiaolin ZHU   CHN   2: 31: 21
5. Lidia SIMON   ROM   2: 31: 26
6. Kiyoko SHIMAHARA   JPN   2: 31: 40
7. Rita Jeptoo SITIENEI   KEN   2: 32: 03
8. Edith MASAI   KEN   2: 32: 22

 

 

Reiko Tosa crosses the finish line at Edmonton to take the Marathon silver medal.

12th August 2001.  Photo G. Herringshaw. ©

 

Women's Marathon.

World Athletics Championships 2001

 
1. Lidia SIMON   ROM   2.26.01
2. Reiko TOSA   JAP   2.26.06
3. Svetlana ZAKHAROVA   RUS   2.26.18
4. Y. SHIBUI   JAP   2.26.33
5. Sonja KROLIK   GER   2.28.17
6. F. BARSOSIO   KEN   2.28.36
7. S. GEMECHE   ETH   2.28.40
8. L. MORGUNOVA   RUS   2.28.54

 

 

ANNUAL PROGRESS Marathon.


2009     2:29:19     Tokyo     22 MAR
2008     2:46:26     Beijing     20 APR
2007     2:30:55     Osaka      02 SEP
2006     2:26:15     Tokyo     19 NOV
2004     2:23:57     Nagoya     14 MAR
2002     2:22:46     London     14 APR
2001     2:26:06     Edmonton   12 AUG
2000     2:24:36     Nagoya     12 MAR

 

PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES.


5000 Metres     15:37.08         Nobeoka     27 MAY 2000
10,000 Metres    32:07.66        Shizuoka     03 MAY 2005
15 Kilometres     50:06             Tokyo     19 NOV 2006
20 Kilometres     1:07:02         Tokyo     19 NOV 2006
Half Marathon     1:09:36         Palermo     03 OCT 1999
25 Kilometres     1:24:17         Tokyo     19 NOV 2006
30 Kilometres     1:41:48         Tokyo     19 NOV 2006
Marathon            2:22:46         London     14 APR 2002