Junko Asari
Junko Asari (Japanese浅 利 纯 子, Junko Asari, born September 22, 1969 in Kazuno ) is a former Japanese marathon runner.
Your first marathon, she contested in 1991. Early as 1992 it ran 2:28:57 hours for the first time under two and a half hours, and in 1993 she won the Osaka Women's Marathon. At the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 the Portuguese Maria Manuela Machado led to 36 kilometers She was then overtaken by Junko Asari, who ran out a potential advantage to the finish. Asari won in 2:30:03 hours before Machado in 2:30:54 h and the second Japanese Tomoe Abe in 2:31:01 h
In 1994, Junko Asari third parties in Osaka and put it with their personal best 2:26:10 h on; In 1998, she came in second at the Rotterdam Marathon up to one second closer to the mark. 1995 and 1998 she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon.
In a marathon, the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, she took the 17th place in 2:34:31 h
At a height of 1.64 m her competition weight was 42 kg.