Claudia Dreher (born 2 May 1971 in Magdeburg) is a German long-distance runner. She competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
José Julio Rey is a Spanish long-distance runner who won the Hamburg Marathon 4 times between 2001 and 2006. He was banned from competition for 2 years after testing positive for mesterolone at the 1999 Rotterdam Marathon.
Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race. He owned the former men's marathon Asian record.
Reiko Tosa is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race. She was born in Matsuyama, Ehime.
Elfenesh Alemu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon race. She represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004. She also competed in the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics four times consecutively from 1997 to 2003.
Bruna Genovese is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.
Shigeru Aburaya is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.
Alberico Di Cecco is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.
Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race.
Souad Aït Salem, also known as Souad Aït Mahour-Bacha is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics and the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Salem also won the gold in the half marathon at the 2007 All-Africa Games. She holds the Algerian records for every women's event between 3000 metres and the marathon distance.
Amnaay Zebedayo Bayo is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.
Alberto Juzdado López is a Spanish long-distance runner. He specialized in the marathon race.
Maria Guida is an Italian former long-distance runner.
Ornella Ferrara is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She represented her country twice at the Summer Olympics and was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She has won marathon races in her home country, including the Rome City Marathon, Carpi Marathon and Venice Marathon.
Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova, is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon, the Chicago Marathon (2003) and the Boston Marathon (2003). She participated twice in the Olympic Games.
Sonja Oberem, née Krolik is a German athlete, who specialized in the marathon races. In her younger days she was a successful triathlete.
Hiromi Ominami is a Japanese long-distance runner. She was born in Wakasa, Fukui. Her twin sister is Takami Ominami, also a world class marathon runner with a personal best of 2:23:43.
José Manuel García González is a retired Spanish [College Professor]. He specialized in the marathon and cross-country running.
Constantina Diță, is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She was the marathon gold medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, having previously won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She also represented her country at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004.
The South American Marathon Championships is an annual road running competition organized by CONSUDATLE for athletes representing the countries of its member associations.
The 2008 Tokyo Marathon was the second edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, Japan and was held on Sunday, 17 February. The men's race was won by Switzerland's Viktor Röthlin in a time of 2:07:23, while the women's race was won by German Claudia Dreher in 2:35:35.