Ririka Hironaka
 Hironaka (ahead of Ayuka Kazama) at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 24 November 2000 Nagasaki[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Events | |
Ririka Hironaka (廣中 璃梨佳, Hironaka Ririka, born 24 November 2000) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running.[2]
She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[2] In Japanese national championships she won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres in 2019, and the silver medal over the same distance in 2020; in 2021 she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres.[1] She represented Japan in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and led at 1000m and 2000m before finishing 7th with a personal best time of 31:00.71.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "廣中 璃梨佳 Ririka Hironaka" (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Athlete profile: Ririka Hironaka". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (7 August 2021). "Sifan Hassan runs into the history books with Olympic 10,000m gold". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Ririka Hironaka at World Athletics
- Ririka Hironaka at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Ririka Hironaka – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Ririka Hironaka at Olympedia (archive)
- Ririka Hironaka at Olympics.com
- Ririka Hironaka – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)
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