is a Japanese
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 and women's winner of the 2013
IAU 24 Hour World Championship.
Kudo holds the women's world record in the
24-hour run on the track and road,
and also the
48-hour run road discipline.
In December 2011 Kudo reset her own 24-hour world record by running 255.303 km at the
Soochow International 24 hour race in Taiwan. On 11–12 May 2013, Kudo won the
IAU female 24-hour Road World Championship, setting a new world record of 24 hour Road ().
Kudo was selected as the Athlete of the Year by IAU for the years of 2012 and 2013.
World records
*Women's 24 hour Track, 254.425 km (158.092 mi), Taipei, 12–13 Dec 2009
*Women's 48 hour Road, 368.687 km (229.091 mi), Athens, 8–10 Apr 2011
International competitions
References
1964 births
Living people
Japanese ultramarathon runners
Japanese female long-distance runners
Japanese female marathon runners
Female ultramarathon runners
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