Mizuki Noguchi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mizuki Noguchi
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Jul 3, 1978(1978-07-03)
Age	46
Birthplace	Ise
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Cancer

Mizuki Noguchi Biography

Mizuki Noguchi is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on July 3, 1978 in Ise, Japan. Mizuki Noguchi, aka Ye Kou mizuki / Noguchi Mizuki was born July 3, 1978 and is a Japanese professional marathon runner. She is an Olympic champion in the marathon.

She won her first full marathon in March 2002, the Nagoya International Women’s Marathon. She won the Osaka International Women’s Marathon in January 2003 with a time 2 hours 21 minutes 18 second, which was the second fastest Japanese record. In Paris, she also won a silver medal at the World Championships.

On 22 August 2004 Noguchi won the marathon in the 2004 Athens Olympics, against a field which included world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, and the 2003 world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya. The race over the Classic course began with temperatures exceeding 95 degrees (35 °C). A leading pack of 12 stayed together through halfway in 1 hour 14 minutes. Noguchi made her move on the tough uphill section between the 25-kilometer (16 mi) and 30-kilometer (19 mi) marks. When she reached the 30-kilometer sign, after running the previous 5 kilometers in just under 17 minutes, she had a 26-second lead on Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia and a 32-second lead on Radcliffe. Heading into the streets of downtown Athens, Noguchi held off Catherine Ndereba, who closed the gap over the final 5 kilometers but could not make up the difference. Noguchi won in 2 hours 26 minutes 20 seconds. Ndereba finished 12 seconds behind Noguchi. Deena Kastor of the United States took the bronze at 2:27:20.

On September 25, 2005 Noguchi won the Berlin Marathon, which was her first big competition since winning the gold medal in Athens more than a year earlier. Four years earlier, the Berlin Marathon was won by Naoko Takahashi, the Japanese runner who took the Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000. Takahashi’s remarkable win in 2001 in Berlin marked the first time in history that a woman ran sub-2:20, clocking in at 2 hours, 19 minutes and 46 seconds. Noguchi improved on Takahashi’s time by more than half a minute, winning the 2005 Marathon in 2:19:12. Noguchi’s time set three new records: the Berlin Marathon course record, the Japanese record, and the Asian record.

Her first success came at the age of 21 as an Asian cross-country champion. However, she soon switched to road running and now focuses on the half- marathon. She was awarded the individual and team silver medals at 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In 2000, she won a second team gold with a fourth place finish.

Mizuki Noguchi Net Worth

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

Wacoal, a manufacturer of women’s clothes, hired her in 1997 as part of their “Spark Angels” program for sponsored women athletes. Nobuyuki Fujita, the director (Teng Tian Xin Zhi ), resigned in October 1997 due to disagreements with the company. Noguchi was among the few athletes he brought with him, as well as a coach. She was only receiving unemployment benefits for a brief time but she continued to be active in athletics. Globaly, a commodities futures company, hired Fujita and his followers in February 1999.

Noguchi started 1999 with winning individual and team gold at Asian Cross Country Championships. However, after winning the Inuyama marathon half- marathon, she felt inspired to focus her efforts on that race. In 2001, she was ranked second worldwide and won the all-Japan corporate league. She was crowned “Queen” of the Half Marathon after a string of wins. She continued through the Miyazaki Women’s Road Race competition, January 2004 and competed in 24 half-marathons. She won 14 of them. She was only twice beaten by a Japanese athlete.

A switch to the marathon event demonstrated her talents further: She won the Nagoya and Osaka Women’s Marathons, and took the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Her good form continued and she became the Olympic champion in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She won the Berlin Marathon the following year, setting world records at 25 km and 30 km along the way, and finishing with a personal best of 2:19:12 – a course record in Berlin and a new Asian record for the distance. The 25K world record was beaten by Mary Keitany of Kenya in 2010, who ran the distance in 1:19:53 hours.

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Mizuki Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mizuki Noguchi celebrates birthday on July 3 of every year.