Mayumi Watanabe

Mayumi Watanabe
Personal information
Born (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983 (age 41)
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 bests60 m: 7.36 NR (2012)

100 m: 11.44 (2011)

200 m: 23.35 (2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 4×100 m relay

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Profile". Toho Bank (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ JAAF profile
  3. ^ Mayumi Watanabe at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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.