ICHIYAMA Mao

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
9	2018	3000m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	8:58.66

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
10	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	202
39	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	35:52

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Half Marathon Team	2018	Valencia, ESP	3:33:57
19	Half Marathon	2018	Valencia, ESP	1:11:02

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Marathon	2018/2019	Tokyo, JPN	2:24:33
15	Marathon	2018/2019	London, GBR	2:27:27

Platinum Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Marathon	2020	Nagoya, JPN	2:20:29

Elite Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Marathon	2021	Osaka, JPN	2:21:11

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Mao-chan (wacoal.jp, 22 Nov 2020)

Shopping. (wacoal.jp, 22 Nov 2020)

Athlete, Office Worker

Japanese

Wacoal [Japan]

Tadayuki Nagayama [club], JPN

She got involved in the sport because she wanted to win a race at the sports day at her primary school. She began competing in distance running after starting middle school, and decided to focus on marathon in 2016 with the aim of representing Japan at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 30 Mar 2020)

Japanese distance runner Kayoko Fukushi. (nikkansports.com, 31 Jan 2021)

Her coach at high school, Yasuna Kuroda. (olympicchannel.com, 30 Mar 2020)