| Tomoe Abe (Tomoe Kouno since 2006) | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Kitsuki, Ōita |
| Country: | Japan |
| Sport: | marathon, ultramarathon |
| Height: | 149cm (59inches) |
is a retired Japanese ultramarathon and marathon runner who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1993 World Championships with a time of 2:31:01.[1] [2] Her personal best time is 2:26:09, achieved when she won the 1994 Osaka Ladies' Marathon.
She is the female world record holder in the ultramarathon of 100 kilometres with a time of 6:33:11, which was set on June 25, 2000, at the Lake Saroma Ultramarathon, an official IAAF(International Association of Athletics Federations) race held annually in Hokkaido, Japan.[3]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 11th | 10,000m | 35:23.47 | |
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | Marathon | 2:31:01 | ||
| 1994 | Osaka, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:26:09 | ||
| 1996 | Hokkaido Marathon | Sapporo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:31:21 | |
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | 29th | Marathon | 2:45:19 | ||
| 2000 | Osaka, Japan | 6th | Marathon | 2:28:01 | ||
| 2001 | Nagoya Marathon | Nagoya, Japan | 5th | Marathon | 2:27:01 | |