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{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}}
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[[File:Nakamura, London Marathon 2011.jpg|thumb|Yurika Nakamura at the London Marathon in 2011]]
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{{nihongo|'''Yurika Nakamura'''|中村 友梨香|Nakamura Yurika}} (born 1 April 1986 in [[Fukuchiyama]]) is a Japanese [[Long-distance track event|long-distance]] runner. Nakamura grew up in the [[Hyōgo Prefecture]].

She finished seventh at the [[2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships|2006 World Road Running Championships]], helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the [[Nagoya Marathon]] in her marathon debut.<ref name=nagoya>{{cite news|title=Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon, Takahashi a distant 27th|newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]]|agency=[[HighBeam Research]]/[[Associated Press|AP]]|date=10 March 2008|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8V9O4RG6.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424234941/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8V9O4RG6.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2016|access-date=2016-04-24}}</ref> In the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|2008 Summer Olympics marathon]], she finished 13th. She won the 2009 [[Sapporo]] Half Marathon title with a time of 1:09:20.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nakamura|first=Ken|date=2009-07-05|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/ngatuny-and-nakamura-take-sapporo-half-marath|title=Ngatuny and Nakamura take Sapporo Half Marathon titles|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=2016-04-24}}</ref>

==Achievements==
*<small>All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise</small>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{JPN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[Nagoya Marathon]]
|[[Nagoya, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|2:25:51
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Beijing]], [[PR China]]
|13th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|2:30:19]]
|-
|2010
|[[Boston Marathon]]
|[[Boston]], [[United States]]
|7th
|2:30:40
|}

==Personal bests==
*[[3000 metres]] – 9:28.53 min (2002)
*[[5000 metres]] – 15:13.01 min (2009)
*[[10,000 metres]] – 31:14.39 min (2009)
*[[Half marathon]] - 1:09:20 hrs (2009)
*[[Marathon]] - 2:25:51 hrs (2008)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/japon/nakamura.htm marathoninfo]

{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's 5000 metres champions}}
{{Footer Nagoya Marathon Champions}}

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Fukuchiyama, Kyoto]]
[[Category:Athletes from Kyoto Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese athletics coaches]]
[[Category:Japanese female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Japanese female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese women]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen]]


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