Machi Tanaka

Machi Tanaka (田中真知, born July 21, 1983) is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who is best known for winning the half marathon at the 2003 Summer Universiade. She attended Meijo University.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	5th	3000m	9:19.95
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	1st	Half marathon	1:13:06

Personal bests

3000 metres - 9:17.54 min (2001)
5000 metres - 15:39.52 min (2004)
10,000 metres - 32:27.01 min (2003)
Half marathon - 1:10:00 hrs (2004)

External links

Machi Tanaka profile at IAAF

Universiade champions in women's road running

1983–1995: Marathon 1997–2013: Half marathon

1983: Sarah Rowell (GBR) 1985: Mami Fukao (URS) 1987: Natalya Bardina (URS) 1989: Irina Bogachova (URS) 1991: Miyako Iwai (JPN) 1993: Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN) 1995: Masako Kusakaya (JPN) 1997: Mari Sotani (JPN) 1999: Rosaria Console (ITA) 2001: Ham Pong-sil (PRK) 2003: Machi Tanaka (JPN) 2005: Lee Eun-jung (KOR) 2007: Kim Kum-ok (PRK) 2009: Chisato Saito (JPN) 2011: Ro Un-ok (PRK) 2013: Mai Tsuda (JPN) 2015: Zhang Yingying (CHN)

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