Yurina Hiraka (; born June 4, 1991) is a Japanese

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. She has a personal best of 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 . She also won at the Nanbu Memorial in

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.Yurina Hiraka
Tilastopaja. Retrieved February 18, 2014. She had her first national podium finish at the

2013 Japan Championships in Athletics The were held at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu, Tokyo, Chōfu. Organised by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, JAAF, the three-day competition took place from June 7–9 and served as the national championships in track and field for the Ja ...

, placing third behind Sachiko Masumi. She jumped to win the Japanese University title that September. She gained her first international selection at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and won the gold medal in the long jump.6th Asian Indoor Championships
Tilastopaja. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiraka, Yurina Living people 1991 births Japanese female long jumpers Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Japanese sportswomen