Yuma Murakami (born 12 December 1992) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.

Yuma Murakami
Murakami at the 2022 World Cup in Stavanger, Norway
Personal information
Born (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 31)
Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Four Continents Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Quebec 500 m

Career

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At the fifth competition weekend of the 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, held in Berlin, Germany Murakami finished in second place in the first 500m event following Nico Ihle.[1] At the second competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Tomakomai, Japan he finished second in the first 500m event behind Tatsuya Shinhama and third in the second 500m.[2][3][4]

Personal records

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Personal records[5]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.11 9 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:10.94 27 October 2018 M-Wave, Nagano
1500 m 1:55.79 12 February 2016 M-Wave, Nagano

References

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  1. ^ "Laurent Dubreuil comes up with best Canadian performance on first day of ISU World Cup Long Track stage held in Germany". Speed Skating Canada. 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating news - Tatsuya Shinhama celebrates maiden Short Track World Cup victory". Eurosport. 23 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Speedskaters Tatsuya Shinhama, Nao Kodaira post victories at World Cup meet". Japan Times. 24 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Speed skating: Kodaira, Shinhama crown golden day in sun for Japan". The Mainichi. 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Yuma Murakami". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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