Miyuki Uehara

Miyuki Uehara
	Uehara leading the 5000 m final at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	22 November 1995 (age 29); Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	39 kg (86 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Coached by	Sachiko Yamashita
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m – 4:19.71 (2012); 3000 m – 9:06.91 (2012); 5000 m – 15:21.40 (2015); 10,000 m – 31:38.80 (2016); 10 km – 34:16 (2016)

Miyuki Uehara (Japanese: 上原美幸; born 22 November 1995) is a Japanese female long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Born in Kagoshima, she attended high school there and after graduation became a professional corporate runner with Dai-ichi Life. She made her first progress at senior national level in 2015, coming seventh at the Japanese National Games, then took fifth over 5000 m at the 2016 Japan Championships in Athletics.^[4]

As a junior athlete, she made her breakthrough at the Asian Cross Country Championships, leading the Japanese in the individual and team events for two junior gold medals.^[5] Later that year, she placed eighth on the track in the 3000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was on Japan's fourth-placed junior team at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. In 2015, she improved her track bests to 15:21.40 minutes for the 5000 m and 32:16.66 minutes for the 10,000 m.^[6]

Under the guidance of coach Sachiko Yamashita (a former world medallist in the marathon), she gained selection for Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics and, after front-running her heat, she made it to the Olympic 5000 m final – only the second Japanese woman to achieve that feat.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2012	Asian Cross Country Championships	Qingzhen, China	1st	Junior race
	Asian Cross Country Championships	Qingzhen, China	1st	Junior team
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	3000 m	9:21.81
2013	World Cross Country Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19th	Junior race	19:32
2013	World Cross Country Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Junior team	90 pts
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	15th	5000 m	15:34.97
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	24th	10,000 m	32:31.58

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