Ririka Hironaka Explained

Ririka Hironaka
Birth Date:24 November 2000
Birth Place:Nagasaki[1]
Nationality:Japanese
Sport:Athletics
Event:

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. 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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 廣中 璃梨佳 Ririka Hironaka . Japanese . Japan Association of Athletics Federations . 21 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201612/https://www.jaaf.or.jp/athletes/profile/ririka_hironaka/ . live .
  2. Web site: Athlete profile: Ririka Hironaka . worldathletics.org . 21 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204113/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/ririka-hironaka-14766617 . live .
  3. Web site: Smythe . Steve . Sifan Hassan runs into the history books with Olympic 10,000m gold . athleticsweekly.com . 7 August 2021 . 9 August 2012 .