Yurina Hiraka
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 HuangzhouLong jump

Yurina Hiraka (Japanese: 平加有梨奈; born June 4, 1991) is a Japanese long jumper. She has a personal best of 6.45 m (21 ft 1+3⁄4 in) for the event.

She began competing in the event as a teenager and cleared six metres for the first time in 2009. She began to make further improvements in the 2013 season. That year she was runner-up at the Hyogo Relays then won at the Mito International with a personal best of 6.43 m (21 ft 1 in). She also won at the Nanbu Memorial in Sapporo.[1] She had her first national podium finish at the 2013 Japan Championships in Athletics, placing third behind Sachiko Masumi.[2] She jumped 6.45 m (21 ft 1+3⁄4 in) to win the Japanese University title that September.[1]

She gained her first international selection at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and won the gold medal in the long jump.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Yurina Hiraka. Tilastopaja. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Results (決勝一覧) Archived July 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ 6th Asian Indoor Championships. Tilastopaja. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
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