Yuma Murakami (born 12 December 1992) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
 Murakami at the 2022 World Cup in Stavanger, Norway | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 December 1992 Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt 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
edit| Personal records[5] | ||||
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Speed Skating news - Tatsuya Shinhama celebrates maiden Short Track World Cup victory". Eurosport. 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Speedskaters Tatsuya Shinhama, Nao Kodaira post victories at World Cup meet". Japan Times. 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Speed skating: Kodaira, Shinhama crown golden day in sun for Japan". The Mainichi. 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Yuma Murakami". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.