Yoko Shibui

Yoko Shibui (渋井 陽子, Shibui Yōko, born March 14, 1979 in Kuroiso, now Nasushiobara, Tochigi)[1] is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race.

Shibui is one of only a handful of women to have completed the marathon under two hours and twenty minutes – her personal best of 2:19.41 ranks her within the top ten fastest ever.

She finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.

One year later Shibui won the Berlin Marathon, clocking a personal best of 2:19:41.

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