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{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}}
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{{nihongo|'''Junko Asari'''|浅利 純子|Asari Junko|married name ''Takahashi'' (高橋); born 22 September 1969 in [[Kazuno, Akita]]}} is a retired [[Japan]]ese [[marathon race|marathon runner]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=アトランタオリンピック1996 浅利 純子（陸上競技）プロフィール - JOC |url=https://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/atlanta/sports/athletics/team/asari.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=日本オリンピック委員会（JOC） |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-13 |title=93年世陸マラソン「金」 浅利純子さんは３人の男の子の母親に｜あの人は今こうしている |url=http://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/sports/161530 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=日刊ゲンダイDIGITAL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=浅利純子杯争奪第17回鹿角駅伝{{!}}鹿角市 |url=https://www.city.kazuno.akita.jp/soshiki/suportsshinko/gyomu/1/2/4/10269.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.city.kazuno.akita.jp |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=陸上競技のブックガイド｜金メダルを掛けたアヒルさん－浅利純子の青春 |url=http://www.rikbon.sakura.ne.jp/biography/asari.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.rikbon.sakura.ne.jp}}</ref>

She won the gold medal at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championships]] in a time of 2:30:03 hours.<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> In addition she won the [[Tokyo International Women's Marathon]] in 1995 and 1998 and the [[Osaka Ladies Marathon]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=大阪国際女子マラソン・歴代成績 １９９０年から９８年 |url=http://www.sports-watcher.com/marathon/kiroku_book/result_osaka90-97.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.sports-watcher.com}}</ref> Her personal best time was 2:26:10, from January 1994 in Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=チームふるさと |title=浅利純子 |url=https://sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp/furusato/search/5_culture/81_asarijunko.html |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=sotsuken.core-akita.ac.jp |language=ja}}</ref> She finished 17th at the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon|1996 Summer Olympics]].

==Achievements==
*<small>All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise</small>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{JPN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|[[Osaka Ladies Marathon]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:26:26
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon|2:30:03]]
|-
|1995
|[[Tokyo International Women's Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:28:46
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, United States]]
|17th
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|2:34:31]]
|-
|1998
|[[Tokyo International Women's Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:28:29
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Junko Asari}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/junko-asari-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/junko-asari-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Junko Asari}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kazuno, Akita]]
[[Category:Japanese athletics coaches]]
[[Category:Japanese female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Japanese female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese women]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen]]


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