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	6 June 1983 Niigata, Japan[1]
Education	Fukushima University
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Retired	October 2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m: 7.36 NR (2012) 100 m: 11.44 (2011) 200 m: 23.35 (2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Japan Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay Asian Championships 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 100 m 2009 Hong Kong 4×100 m relay

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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.

External links

• Mayumi Watanabe at World Athletics
• Mayumi Watanabe at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Mayumi Watanabe at Toho Bank (in Japanese)
• Mayumi Watanabe at TBS (in Japanese) (archived)