Sumie Inagaki

Inagaki at the 2007 Soochow International 24-Hour Ultra-Marathon

Personal information

Born

April 6, 1966
Hokkaido

Height

154 cm (5 ft 1 in)

Weight

46 kg (101 lb)

Sport

Country

Japan

Sport

ultramarathon

Medal record

Competitor for Japan
ultramarathon
IAU 24 Hour World Championship
	2006 Taipei	24-hour run
	2004 Brno	24-hour run

Sumie Inagaki (稲垣寿美恵, Inagaki Sumie, born 6 April 1966) is a Japanese ultramarathon runner from Hokkaido. Inagaki holds current women's world record in 24-hour run Indoor (240.631 kilometres (149.521 mi), Espoo FIN, Jan 2011), ^[1] and in 48-hour run Track (397.103 kilometres (246.748 mi), Surgeres FRA, May 2010).^[2] She is a two time female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run World Championship.^[3] She was the female winner of 2006 and 2009 Spartathlon,^[4] and the female winner of 2011 and 2012 Badwater Ultramarathon.^[5]

Competition record

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2006	World Championships	Taipei, Republic of China	1st	24-hour run	237.144 km
2004	World Championships	Brno, Czech Republic	1st	24-hour run	237.154 km

Non-championship races

2014

1st place in 24-hour run Finland (240.6 km) ^[6]
1st place in 48-hour run France (397.1 km) ^[7]

2013

1st place in 24-hour run Finland (220.7 km) ^[8]
1st place in 48-hour run Sweden (331 km)^[9]

2012

1st place in 24-hour run Finland (228.173 km)^[10]
1st place among women (11th in general) in Badwater Ultramarathon (29:53:9)^[11]
3rd place among women in Soochow International Ultramarathon (221.555 km)^[12]

2011

1st place in 24-hour Indoor run Finland, setting the world record of 240.631 km^[13]
1st place among women (9th in general) in Badwater Ultramarathon (28:49:27)^[14]

2010

1st place in 24-hour run Finland^[15]
1st place in 48-hour Track run World Championship, setting a new world record of 397.103 km^[16]

2009

1st place in 48-hour run World Championship, setting a new world record of 382.718 km^[17]

2006

1st place in 24-hour run World Championship^[18]
1st place in 48-hour run World Championship, setting the world record of 382.418 km^[19]

Personal life

After graduating from college, Inagaki worked at a kindergarten. She eventually started taking Yoga lessons, and now she is an Aerobics and Yoga instructor.^[20]

Inagaki states that ultramarathon is not her job, but what she loves to do, where she finds the joy of life. "What I do is a fun run. I train as if I were having a picnic." ^[21]^[22]

References

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