is a Japanese

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and

ultramarathon An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...

runner. She lives in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

Selected results (ski mountaineering)

* 2007: ** 2nd,

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asian ...

, Tsugaike Kōgen Ski Resort,

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, Japan * 2009: ** 1st,

, relay (mixed teams of 1 woman & 3 men),

Beidahu, Jilin Beidahu ski area () is a downhill ski resort located outside of Jilin City in Jilin province, China. It is the site of the 2007 Winter Asian Games. Intrawest Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc was a developer and operator of destination resorts ...

, China ** 2nd, Asian Championship, individual ** 2nd, Asian Championship,

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

* 2010: ** 10th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, relay, together with Itō Mayumi and Michiko Horibe, Horibe Michiko ** 1st, Asia Cup ** 1st, Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon Provincial Governor's Cup,Permanent World ranking
ISMF Yongpyong Ski Resort/Balwangsan ** 1st, Tsugaike (Japan championship & Asia Cup 2nd race), individual, Nagano Prefecture * 2011: ** 10th,

, relay, together with Catrin Thomas and Horibe Michiko6. ISMF World Championships - women's relay
, ISMF.

References

External links

Mase Chigaya
at SkiMountaineering.org
Ultra Marathon Statistics
at Deutshe Ultramarathon Vereinigung, DUV 1967 births Living people Japanese female ski mountaineers Japanese ultramarathon runners Japanese female long-distance runners Female ultramarathon runners 21st-century Japanese women {{skimountaineering-bio-stub