is a

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long-distance runner, who won the bronze medal in

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at the 1997 World Championships in

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and in the

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at the 2003 World Championships in

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. Chiba was a torchbearer during the 1998 Nagano Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Achievements

Personal bests

* 5000 metres - 15:20.58 min (1997) *

- 31:20.46 min (1996) *

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- 1:09:27 hrs (1999) * Marathon - 2:21:45 hrs (2003)

External links

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1976 births Living people Japanese female long-distance runners Japanese female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Japan Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture World Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub