Kayoko Fukushi

KAYOKO FUKUSHI
JAPAN

BIRTHDATE:
25 March 1982

PERSONAL BEST:
2:24:38 (Chicago 2011)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

09Oct11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 3rd 2:24:38

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

27Jan08 Osaka International Ladies Marathon 19th 2:40:54

CAREER NOTES:

Fukushi was born in Itayanagi, Aomori and was the torch lighter for the 2003 Asian Winter Games which took place in her home prefecture. She set a Japanese record holder for the half-marathon of 1:07:23 at Marugame in February 2006, going out at such a fast pace that her 46:55 split for 15 kilometers was the IAAF world record until November 2009.