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| Born | (1970-03-06)6 March 1970 (age 55) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoshiko Yamamoto (Japanese:山本佳子, born 6 March 1970)[1] is a Japanese former marathon runner who won the 1990Paris Marathon, came second at the1992 Boston Marathon, and third at the1992 New York City Marathon.
In 1989, Yamamoto came ninth at theOsaka International Ladies Marathon.[2] In 1990, Yamamoto won theParis Marathon.[3] At the1992 Boston Marathon, Yamamoto finished second in a time of 2:26:26.[4][5] She was over 2 minutes, and over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) behind race winnerOlga Markova.[5] Her second place was the best result by a Japanese woman at theBoston Marathon,[6] and her time of 2:26:26 tied the Japanese national marathon record.[7] Yamamoto was not selected for the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[8] Later in the year, Yamamoto came third at the1992 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:29:58.[9]
Yamamoto came third at the 1993 Osaka International Ladies Marathon,[10] and finished sixth at the1995 Boston Marathon, in a time of 2:31:39.[11]
