Yurina Hiraka

Japanese long jumper (born 1991)

Yurina Hiraka
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Japan
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
	2014 Huangzhou	Long 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

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