 Maeda in 2019 Japan's Marathon Grand Championship | |
| Personal information | |
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| Native name | 前田 穂南 |
| Nickname | Honan |
| Born | Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Alma mater | Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka) |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1] |
| Weight | 46 kg (101 lb) [1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 10,000 metres, Marathon |
| College team | Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School |
| Club | Tenmaya (天満屋) |
| Team | Asics |
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Honami Maeda (前田 穂南, Maeda Honami, born July 17, 1996) is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the marathon (2:18:59), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She represented Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48).[1] She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon,[1] and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.[3]
- ^ a b c d "Japan Association of Athletics Federation". jaaf.or.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Sanyo Women's Half Marathon". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Shogo Nakamura Wins WILD and THRILLING Japanese Olympic Marathon Trials as Honami Maeda Crushes Women's Field". letsrun.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.