Yuka Suzuki

Yuka Suzuki (鈴木 優花) is a Japanese long-distance runner. In 2019, she won the gold medals in the women's half marathon at the Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy. The youngest participant dominated the Marathon Grand Championship in October 2023,  guaranteeing her selection for Olympic Games in Paris, in a personal best time of 2:24:09. She is good at running uphills.

Biography
Suzuki was born in Nakasen, Akita Prefecture on September 14, 1999, the eldest daughter of educator Shigeki Suzuki and his wife Yasuko. At the age of three she completed 3-kilometer run without stopping. The teenager girl also played basketball as her home prefecture Akita is famous for its Hoosier Hysteria-like state of excitement. After graduating from Omagari High School, she entered Daito Bunka University and gradually became a standout. Suzuki was the Japanese marathon college record holder, with a time of 2:25:02 achieved on 13 March 2022 at the Nagoya Women's Marathon, and it was her very first 42.195 km distance cruise.

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