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Norimi Sakurai

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Norimi Sakurai, born on 20 April 1971, is a Japanese ultramarathon runner. She holds the women's 100 kilometre track world record, 7:14:06 set in Italy in September 2003, and the women's six-hour track record of 83.200 kilometres, also set in Italy in September 2003. She was the female winner of the 2007 IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship in Winschoten, the Netherlands, won the Lake Saroma 100 km Ultramarathon three times, and won the Hasetsune cup, a 71.5 kilometre mountain trail race, five times. After her first full marathon in 1996 she moved on to a wide range of ultramarathon events, and she now works as a guide for people with hearing difficulties.

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1971 1
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Female 1
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    born 20 April 1971
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    2007 female winner of IAU 24-Hour Run 100 km World Championship
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    She is a three time female winner of 100 km Lake Saroma Ultramarathon and a five-time female winner of Hasetsune cup
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    is a Japanese ultramarathon runner
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    is a Japanese ultramarathon runner
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