is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the marathon (2:18:59), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She represented Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48). She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon, and in the same year won the Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in 1:09:12. In 2020 Maeda won the Japanese Olympic Marathon trials in 2:25:15, beating second placed Ayuko Suzuki and third placed Rei Ohara.
On 10 March 2024, Maeda was selected to represent Japan in the women's marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (English translation) On 9 August, the day before the race, she announced that she would be forced to withdraw from competition due to a stress fracture in her right femur. (English translation)
Marathons Key:
Representing 2017Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japan12thMarathon2:32:19Hokkaido MarathonHokkaido, Japan1stMarathon2:28:482018Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japan2ndMarathon2:23:48Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany7thMarathon2:25:232019Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan12thMarathon2:31:422020Marathon Grand ChampionshipTokyo, Japan1stMarathon2:25:152021Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japan2ndMarathon2:23:30Olympic GamesSapporo, Japan33rdMarathon2:35:282023Nagoya Women's MarathonNagoya, Japan3rdMarathon2:22:32Marathon Grand ChampionshipTokyo, Japan7thMarathon2:27:022024Osaka Women's MarathonOsaka, Japan2ndMarathon2:18:59 (NR)Olympic GamesParis, FranceMarathon
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