Mayumi Watanabe

Mayumi Watanabe (渡辺 真弓, Watanabe Mayumi, married name Amagaya (天下谷), born 6 June 1983 in Niigata) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in sprinting events.[3] She represented her country at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships.

Mayumi Watanabe
Personal information
Born (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983
Niigata, Japan[1]
EducationFukushima University
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
RetiredOctober 2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m: 7.36 NR (2012)

100 m: 11.44 (2011)

200 m: 23.35 (2013)

Her personal bests are 11.44 seconds in the 100 metres (+1.7 m/s, Fukushima 2011) and 23.35 seconds in the 200 metres (+0.4 m/s, Fukuroi 2013).

She retired in October 2015.[4] She is currently the coach of Toho Bank Athletics Club.[1]

Personal bests

Event Time Competition Venue Date Notes
Individual events
60 m 7.36 (wind: +0.9 m/s) Fukushima Relays Fukushima, Japan 20 October 2012 Current NR
100 m 11.44 (wind: +1.7 m/s) Fukushima Championships Fukushima, Japan 15 July 2011
200 m 23.35 (wind: +0.4 m/s) Shizuoka International Meet Fukuroi, Japan 3 May 2013
Relay events
4 × 100 m relay 43.58 (relay leg: 3rd)[lower-alpha 1] Osaka Grand Prix Osaka, Japan 9 May 2009 Former NR[lower-alpha 2]
4 × 200 m relay 1:35.36 (relay leg: 4th)[lower-alpha 3] Fukushima Relays Fukushima, Japan 17 October 2015 Former NR[lower-alpha 4]
Medley relay 2:05.81 (relay leg: 2nd)[lower-alpha 5] JITA-IUAUJ Classic Match Odawara, Japan 14 October 2012 Current NR

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 4 × 100 m relay DQ
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.24
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 5th 100 m 11.72
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.93
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.95
East Asian Games Hong Kong, China 2nd 100 m 11.83
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.89
2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.41
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 4th 100 m 11.67
12th (h) 200 m 24.48
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.38
2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 18th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.66
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay DQ
Asian Championships Wuhan, China 9th (sf) 100 m 11.84

National titles

  • Japanese Championships
    • 4 × 100 m relay: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
    • 4 × 400 m relay: 2007, 2009, 2012

Notes

  1. National team, with teammates Saori Kitakaze, Chisato Fukushima and Momoko Takahashi
  2. Record was broken by national team in 2011
  3. Toho Bank team, with teammates Hitomi Shimura, Asami Chiba and Sayaka Aoki
  4. Record was broken by national team in 2019
  5. Corporate select team, with teammates Maki Wada, Asami Chiba and Sayaka Aoki

References

  1. "Profile". Toho Bank (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. JAAF profile
  3. Mayumi Watanabe at World Athletics
  4. "渡辺真弓選手(東邦銀行)引退 3種目で女子日本記録保持". Fukushima Minpo (in Japanese). 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2020.


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