Miyuki Uehara

Japanese long-distance runner

Miyuki Uehara

Uehara leading the 5000 m final at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information
Nationality| Japanese
Born|  (1995-11-22) November 22, 1995 (age 28)
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Height| 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight| 39 kg (86 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport| Track and field
Event(s)| 5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Coached by| Sachiko Yamashita[2]
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)[3]

Miyuki Uehara (Japanese: 上原 美幸; born November 22, 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

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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2012  | Asian Cross Country Championships | Qingzhen, China  | 1st  | Junior race  |
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
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

## References

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1. ^ a b Miyuki Uehara. Rio2016. Retrieved on August 19, 2016.
2. ^ a b Larner, Brett (August 17, 2016). Rio de Janeiro Olympics Athletics Day Five Japanese Results . Japan Running News. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
3. ^ Miyuki Uehara. All-Athletics. Retrieved on August 19, 2016.
4. ^ 上原 美幸 Miyuki Uehara (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved on August 19, 2016.
5. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (March 25, 2012). Bahrain dominates at Asian XC champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
6. ^ Miyuki Uehara. IAAF. Retrieved on August 19, 2016.

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