Yuri Yoshizumi (born 1986) is a Japanese ultra runner and skyrunner. She won the Asian Vertical Kilometre Skyrunning Championship in 2016, placed second in the Vertical Kilometer World Circuit in 2019 and won a number of individual events including the 2019 Transvulcania Marathon and the Fuji Mountain Race in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Yuri Yoshizumi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Skyrunning, Ultramarathon |
Career edit
Yoshizumi started running as an amateur because she was working full-time.[1] She won the 2012 Hokkaido marathon in a time of 2:39:07 and a marathon PB of 2:37:56 the next year, when she finished in 5th place.[2] She finished 2nd in the Kobe Marathon in 2013, in a time of 2:41:00, which secured her a spot in the Chicago Marathon, which she ran as part of the Japanese National Team.[2] Due to a bicycling accident she was unable to run her best, placing 82nd with a time of 2:56:07.[3][4]
In 2015 she set her sights on trail running and she started skyrunning in 2016.[1][5] Yoshizumi won the Vertical Kilometer in the 2016 Sky Running Asian Championships in Lantau Island, Hong Kong, where she won in a time of 45:59, which was more than 2 minutes under the previous course record.[6][7] She ran the 2016 Osaka Tower Run, narrowly beating favourite Suzy Walsham.[8] The same year she placed 13th in the IAU Trail World Championship, an 85 km race, which made her the best Asian runner in the race.[1][9]
In 2017 Yoshizumi won the Fuji Mountain Race, a 21 km race with 3000 m of elevation, for the first time.[1] She followed this up with a win in 2018, despite having broken her hand a week prior, and in 2019.[10][11] In 2017 she won the Vertical Kilometer at Transvulcania.[3][12] She returned in 2019, when she placed second in the Vertical Kilometer and won the marathon event.[13] In 2019 Yoshizumi also placed 2nd on the Vertical Kilometer World Circuit, with individual results including at least 2 second places and a fourth-place finish.[11][14]
In 2019 Yoshizumi also participated in the Orsières-Champex-Chamonix (OCC) race, which is one of the races in the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, where she placed 3rd.[15]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "70th Mt Fuji Mountain Race". Bald Runner. July 29, 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b "Chicago Marathon – Japanese Elites – by Brett Larner – Japan Running News – photo by Dr. Helmut Winter". German Road Races (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b "Ogawa and Yoshizumi will put the Japanese accent to the Transvulcania Naviera Armas 2019". Transvulcania. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Yuri YOSHIZUMI | Profile". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Yamada und Yoshizumi gewinnen den 72. "Fuji Mountain Race" in Japan". German Road Races (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Japan tops Asian Skyrunning Championships". International Skyrunning Federation. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Yoshizumi smashes women's record by more than two minutes". Action Asia Events. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "A thousand runners scale Japan's tallest tower". Vertical World Circuit. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Japanese runner Yuri Yoshizumi, candidate for victory in the Vertical Kilometer". Transvulcania. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Gorotani and Yoshizumi Defend Fuji Mountain Race Titles". japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ a b "Yamada and Yoshizumi Win Fuji Mountain Race". japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Gilberg, Runar. "Stian Angermund-Vik vant Vertical KM Transvulcania". www.kondis.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Transvulcania 2019 Results: Ultra, Marthon, Half Marathon, Vertical". La Palma Journal. 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "2019 CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS CROWNED AND WORLD RECORD DESTROYED AT VERTICALE DU GRAND SERRE". Vertical Kilometer World Circuit. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Ruth Croft dominates the 55km OCC at UTMB with 'perfect performance'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2019-11-10.