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Japanese marathon runner

Mizuki Noguchi (野口 みずき, Noguchi Mizuki, born July 3, ) is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event.

She is an Olympic champion over the distance.

Initially starting out as a track and cross country athlete, her first major success was becoming the Asian cross country champion at age She soon switched to road running, however, focusing on the half marathon.

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She won the individual and team silver medals at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and won a second team silver with a fourth-place finish at the same competition in

A switch to the marathon event demonstrated her talents further: She won the Nagoya and Osaka Women's Marathons,^[1] and took the silver medal in the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics.

Her good form continued and she became the Olympic champion in the marathon at the Athens Olympics. She won the Berlin Marathon the following year, setting w