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. Sakurai is the current women's 100 km Track world record holder, and the current women's 6H Track world record holder,> and 2007 female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship. She is a three time female winner of 100 km

Lake Saroma Ultramarathon The Lake Saroma Ultramarathon is an annual 100 km and 50 km Ultramarathon foot road race held in June in the northeastern shore of Hokkaido, Japan since 1987. It is an IAU-labeled official 100 km and 50 km race, and an offici ...

and a five-time female winner of Hasetsune cup, an endurance trail race in Japan.

Achievements

World Records

*Women's 100 km Track, 7:14:06, Lupatotissima , Sep 2003 *Women's 6hour Track, , Lupatoto Verone , Sept 2003

World Championship

*2007 female winner of IAU 24-hour run 100 km World Championship, 7:00:27, Winschoten

Other races

*2001, 2003, 2007 female winner of

, an IAU endorsed official 100 km race in

Hokkaido, Japan is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...

*2002,2003,2005,2006,2008 female winner of Hasetsune cup, a 71.5 km trail in steep mountains in Japan. Sakurai's 2008 time of 8:54:07 is the current course record.

Personal life

Sakurai was in the school's athletic club in her teens, and competed on the Wandervogel Club in University. After joining her first full marathon in 1996, Sakurai started joining various types of ultramarathon events. She now works for Adventure Divas and runs as a guide for people with hearing difficulties. When Sakurai won the 2007 World Championship in Netherland, she ran with her water bottle in hand until the next aid station came. When asked, she answered that she did not want to throw it on the street.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakurai, Norimi 1971 births Living people Japanese ultramarathon runners Japanese female long-distance runners Female ultramarathon runners Trail runners IAU Trail World Championships winners 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women