Honami Maeda

Honami Maeda
	Maeda in 2019 Japan's Marathon Grand Championship
Personal information
Native name	前田穂南
Nickname	Honan
Born	Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Alma mater	Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) ; Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10,000 metres, Marathon
College team	Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School
Club	Tenmaya (天満屋)
Team	Asics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5000 m: 15:38:16; 10,000 m: 32:13:87; Half marathon: 69:12 (2018 Sanyo Women's Half Marathon) ; 30 km : 1:38:35 AR; Marathon: 2:18:59 NR (2024 Osaka International Ladies Marathon);

Honami Maeda (前田穂南, Maeda Honami, born July 17, 1996) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the marathon (2:18:59), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She represented Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48).^[1] She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon,^[1] and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.^[3]

Marathons[edit]

Key: Personal best

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2017	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	12th	Marathon	2:32:19
2017	Hokkaido Marathon	Hokkaido, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:28:48
2018	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:23:48
2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	7th	Marathon	2:25:23
2019	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	12th	Marathon	2:31:42
2020	Marathon Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:25:15
2021	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:23:30
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	33rd	Marathon	2:35:28
2023	Nagoya Women's Marathon	Nagoya, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:22:32
2023	Marathon Grand Championship	Tokyo, Japan	7th	Marathon	2:27:02
2024	Osaka Women's Marathon	Osaka, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:18:59 (NR)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Japan Association of Athletics Federation". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

External links[edit]

Honami Maeda at JAAF (in Japanese)
Honami Maeda at World Athletics

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[Honami-1] "Japan Association of Athletics Federation". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[2] "Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[3] "Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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