Honami Maeda

Honami Maeda (前田 穂南, Maeda Honami, born 17 July 1996) 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.

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Honami Maeda

Maeda in 2019 Japan's Marathon Grand Championship
Personal information
Native name	前田 穂南
Nickname	Honan
Born	(1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28) [1] Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
Alma mater	Higashinaka Sonoda (Hyogo) Kaoruide Osaka High School (Osaka)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight	46 kg (101 lb) [1]
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10,000 metres, Marathon
College team	Osaka Kaoruide Jogakuin High School
Club	Tenmaya (天満屋)
Team	Asics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	5000 m: 15:38:16 10,000 m: 32:13:87 Half marathon: 69:12 (2018 Sanyo Women's Half Marathon) [2] 30 km : 1:38:35 AR Marathon: 2:18:59 NR (2024 Osaka International Ladies Marathon)

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Maeda won her first marathon in 2017 (Hokkaido Marathon in 2:28:48).^[1] She was second in the 2018 Osaka International Women's Marathon,^[1] 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.^[3]

On 10 March 2024, Maeda was selected to represent Japan in the women's marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[4] 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.^[5]