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Yoshiko Yamamoto (actress)
Yoshiko Yamamoto ( ja, 山本佳子, born 6 March 1970) is a Japanese former marathon runner who came second at the 1992 Boston Marathon, and third at the 1992 New York City Marathon. Career In 1989, Yamamoto came ninth at the Osaka International Ladies Marathon. In 1990, Yamamoto won the Paris Marathon. At the 1992 Boston Marathon, Yamamoto finished second in a time of 2:26:26. She was over 2 minutes, and over behind race winner Olga Markova (runner), Olga Markova. Her second place was the best result by a Japanese woman at the Boston Marathon, and her time of 2:26:26 tied the Japanese national marathon record. Yamamoto was not selected for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Later in the year, Yamamoto came third at the 1992 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:29:58. Yamamoto came third at the 1993 Osaka International Ladies Marathon, and finished sixth at the 1995 Boston Marathon, in a time of 2:31:39. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamamoto, Yoshiko 1970 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
