Nanae Nagata (永田 七恵, Nagata Nanae), born as Nanae Sasaki (佐々木 七恵, Sasaki Nanae), (February 8, 1956 – June 27, 2009) was a Japanese long-distance runner.
She was a high school teacher in Ōfunato, Iwate when she set a Japanese record of 2:40:56 at the Boston Marathon in 1981.
She quit running as an amateur and began her professional career with the S & B Foods Inc. Athletic Club, which included among its members her coach, Kiyoshi Nakamura, and Toshihiko Seko, then one of the top marathon runners in the world.
She set a new Japanese record of 2:35:00 at the Christchurch Marathon in June 1982.
She retired from competition after setting her personal best time of 2:33:57 at the Nagoya Marathon in March 1995, and she then served as a coach at the S & B Athletic Club for a while.
On June 29, 2009, Japanese news media reported that she died on June 27 at the age of 53 due to colorectal cancer.[1]
nanae, sasaki, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2009, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nanae Sasaki news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Nanae Nagata 永田 七恵 Nagata Nanae born as Nanae Sasaki 佐々木 七恵 Sasaki Nanae February 8 1956 June 27 2009 was a Japanese long distance runner She was a high school teacher in Ōfunato Iwate when she set a Japanese record of 2 40 56 at the Boston Marathon in 1981 She quit running as an amateur and began her professional career with the S amp B Foods Inc Athletic Club which included among its members her coach Kiyoshi Nakamura and Toshihiko Seko then one of the top marathon runners in the world She set a new Japanese record of 2 35 00 at the Christchurch Marathon in June 1982 She won the Tokyo International Women s Marathon in 1983 and she represented Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California finishing the race in 19th place at 2 37 04 She retired from competition after setting her personal best time of 2 33 57 at the Nagoya Marathon in March 1995 and she then served as a coach at the S amp B Athletic Club for a while On June 29 2009 Japanese news media reported that she died on June 27 at the age of 53 due to colorectal cancer 1 Achievements editYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp Japan1981 Boston Marathon Boston United States 13th Marathon 2 41 481983 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo Japan 1st Marathon 2 37 091984 Olympic Games Los Angeles United States 19th Marathon 2 37 041985 Nagoya Marathon Nagoya Japan 1st Marathon 2 33 57References edit Olympic marathon runner Nagata dies at 53 dated 29 June 2009External links editsports reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nanae Sasaki amp oldid 1156403525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
