Kimie Noto

Kimie Noto, born Kimie Funada in 1952, is a Japanese ultramarathon runner. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 IAU 24-Hour Run World Championship and was a team silver medalist at the 2005 championship. Her best known record is at the Spartathlon in Greece, which she finished 15 times between 1995 and 2011: she was the first woman home in 2004 and 2005, second in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001, and third in 1995, 1996 and 2007. Her name appears in the Spartathlon results under her maiden name, Funada, before 2002.