Education
Born in Kyoto, Kizaki attended the city"s Miyazu High School before moving on to further study at Bukkyo University. In 2008, she graduated from university and joined the Daihatsu corporate running team
木崎 良子
marathon runner athletics competitor
Born in Kyoto, Kizaki attended the city"s Miyazu High School before moving on to further study at Bukkyo University. In 2008, she graduated from university and joined the Daihatsu corporate running team
She is a three-time participant at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and a two-time medallist at the Summer Universiade. The following year she came seventh in both the All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships and the 10,000 m at the Japanese Athletics Championships. She went on to place thirteenth at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, although the Japanese women"s team of Kizaki, Yurika Nakamura and Remi Nakazato were beaten out of the team medals by Russia.
Kizaki made her debut over the marathon distance (42195 km) at the Osaka Ladies Marathon in January 2010.
She finished in sixth place with a time of 2:27:34 hours, being the third Japanese to cross the line. At the Japanese track championships she was runner-up to Kayoko Fukushi in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 m events.
As a result, she was chosen to represent Japan in the shorter event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, where she took tenth place. She was also selected for the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships for a third time and had her best finish, coming in tenth place to take the team bronze for Japan with Yoshimi Ozaki and Azusa Nojiri.
The Yokohama Women"s Marathon the following November saw her top the podium for the first time in the event.
In spite of hot conditions and poor pacing, she ran a personal best of 2:26:32 hours and defeated her more favoured compatriot Yoshimi Ozaki. Her run in Yokohama gained her a spot for the 2012 Olympic Marathon, where she came sixteenth overall. 5000 metres - 15:35.12 minimum (2009)
10,000 metres - 32:16.40 minimum (2010)
Half marathon - 1:10:16 hrs (2009)
Marathon - 2:23:34 hrs (2013).