Yuko arimori biography
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Yuko Arimori
Japanese long-distance runner
Yuko Arimori in November | |
Fullname | Arimori Yūko |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | () December 17, (age58) Okayama, Japan |
Height | m (5ft 5in) |
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Country | Japan |
Sport | Running |
Event | Marathon |
Former partner | Gabriel Wilson |
Yuko Arimori (有森 裕子, Arimori Yūko, born December 17, , in Okayama) is a Japanese professional marathon runner and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Yuko Arimori was born on December 17, in Okayama, Japan, also the home for Kinue Hitomi, the Olympic silver medallist at the m.
Career
Arimori competed for Japan in the Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the marathon where she won the silver medal with a time of , eight seconds behind Russian Valentina Yegorova who ran the race in This hard-fought race was the closest finishing time in Olympic history for men or women at that time.
At the Atlanta Olympics, Arimori returned to the Olympic marathon, where she won the bronze medal and finished behind Valentina Yegorova for a second time. Yegorova