is a Japanese former marathon runner. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, she was a two-time winner at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, winner of the Australia's Gold Coast Marathon in 1992 and won the Paris Marathon in 1994.
Tanigawa also competed in half marathon races: she won individual and team silver medals at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the 1994 Sapporo Half Marathon and 1996 America's Finest City Half Marathon.Winner list . Sapporo Television Broadcasting. Retrieved on 2010-07-23.Leydig, Jack (2010-08-16). America's Finest City Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-09-23. She was a team bronze medalist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished tenth.
She had career personal bests of 2:27:55 hours for the marathon and 1:09:37 hours for the half marathon.Mari Tanigawa. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
She is the organizer of several popular races in Japan, the Mari Tanigawa Half Marathon and the Mari Tanigawa Ekiden.
Achievements All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Representing 1990Tokyo International Women's MarathonTokyo, Japan 3rdMarathon2:34:101991Tokyo International Women's MarathonTokyo, Japan 1stMarathon 2:31:271992Nagoya International Women's MarathonNagoya, Japan 3rdMarathon2:31:091992Gold Coast MarathonGold Coast, Australia 1stMarathon2:34:451993Tokyo International Women's MarathonTokyo, Japan2ndMarathon2:28:221994Paris MarathonParis, France 1stMarathon2:27:551996Honolulu MarathonHonolulu, Hawaii 3rdMarathon2:36:201998Maui MarathonMaui, Hawaii 1stMarathon2:40:372003Tokyo International Women's MarathonOki, Japan 3rdMarathon3:06:542005Tokyo International Women's MarathonTokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:40:46 2007Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan 2ndMarathon2:49:55
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External links Official website