Mai Ito

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mai Ito
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1984(1984-05-23)
Age	40
Birthplace	Nara
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Taurus

Mai Ito Biography

Mai Ito is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on May 23, 1984 in Nara, Japan. Mai Ito (Yi Tang Wu, Ito Mai) is a Japanese long distance runner. She competes in marathon and half-marathon races. She was a Japan representative in the marathon at 2011 World Championships in Athletics. In 2012, she competed in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

Her personal bests are 70 minutes for half-marathon and 2:25.26 hours for marathon. Ito finished second at the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 2011, won the 2012 Sapporo Half Marathon and was among the top ten finishers at the 2013 London Marathon.

Ito started 2013 with a personal best at the Berlin Half Marathon, taking third place with seventy minutes exactly. A run at the 2013 London Marathon later that month saw her take seventh place in the high-profile race.

She led the pack at the Osaka Ladies Marathon 2011 and then split with Yukiko Akaba to face off. Ito finished second overall with a new personal best of 2:26.55, which was good enough to get her selection for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She finished 22nd overall at the World Championships Marathon in Daegu, but she was the last of the five-woman Japanese team. She was fourth in the Sanyo Half Marathon with a time of 70:03 minutes.

Mai Ito Net Worth

Mai Ito is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mai Ito 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was born in Nara (Nara), and attended Kyoto Tachibana High School before going on to Kyoto Sangyo University. She initially was interested in volleyball, but she shifted her focus to long-distance running. Although injuries were a problem in her early career, she was able to make a name for herself with her 10,000 meter win at the 2006 Japanese Collegiate Championships. In the same year, she won the Kyoto Half Marathon in a personal record of 71 minutes and 11 seconds.

She joined the Otsuka Pharmaceutical corporate run team in 2008 and began training with Kono Tadashi, their director. The 2009 season was a success. She ran a string personal bests: 9:18.69 for the 3000m, 15:55.64 for the 5000m (sixth at the Japanese National Games), and 32:27.04 for the 10,000m. She won the Shanghai Marathon half-marathon section and finished fourth at the Sendai Half Marathon. In 2010, she ran faster than her previous track times of 9:18.41, 15:48.35, and 32:14.43. She also made her marathon debut and took fourth place at the Nagoya Marathon with a time of 2:29.13 hours.

She remained in good form in the 2012 season, running 70:39 for fifth at the Kagawa-Marugame Half Marathon and a best of 2:25:26 hours for fifth at the Nagoya Marathon. A win at the Sapporo Half Marathon followed in July and this led to an appearances at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she was ninth and helped the Japanese women to the team bronze. In a quick field at November’s Yokohama Women’s Marathon she was the fifth-placer and second Japanese with a time of 2:27:06 hours.

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Mai Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mai Ito celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.