Full name Arimori Yuko Sport Running Height 1.65 m Nationality Japanese Event(s) Marathon Weight 48 kg | Website animo.aspota.jp Name Yuko Arimori Ex-spouse Gabriel Wilson Country Japan Role Runner | |
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Similar People Naoko Takahashi, Akemi Matsuno, Dai Tamesue, Mizuki Noguchi, Fatuma Roba | ||
Yuko arimori program of the record that participated in the olympics
Yuko Arimori (有森 裕子, Arimori Yūko, born December 17, 1966 in Okayama) is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Contents
- Yuko arimori program of the record that participated in the olympics
- Walking Event with Yuko Arimori July 302005
- Career
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Walking Event with Yuko Arimori July 30,2005
Career
Arimori competed for Japan in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the marathon where she won the silver medal with a time of 2:32:49, eight seconds behind Russian Valentina Yegorova who ran the race in 2:32:41. This hard-fought race was the closest finishing time in Olympic history for men or women at that time. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Arimori returned to the Olympic marathon, where she won the bronze medal and finished behind Valentina Yegorova for a second time. Yegorova ran the race in 2:28:05. Arimori's time was 2:28:39. Although both runners ran four minutes faster than their previous Olympic race, they were beaten back by Ethiopian runner Fatuma Roba, who completed the race and won the gold medal with a time of 2:26:05.
Arimori was the first woman granted professional status by the Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation (JAAF), the nation's governing track and field association. She was granted this status in 1996, following her second and final appearance at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Awards
Arimori was voted Japanese Athlete of the Year in 1992 and 1996.
Personal life
Arimori was born on December 17, 1966 in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She married Gabriel Wilson in January 1998 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. They separated one month after their marriage, and Wilson revealed his extensive debts and previous homosexual tendencies, admitting "I was gay", at a press conference. They officially divorced in July 2011.