| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Hong Kong | ||
| Asian Championships | ||
 | 1985 Jakarta | Marathon |
Yuko Gordon (née Hasegawa; Japanese : ユーコ・ゴードン; born 23 February 1951) is a Japan-born Hong Kong long-distance runner who competed mainly in the marathon. She represented her country in that event at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. [1] She holds a personal best of 2:38:32 hours, set in 1987. [2]
Contents
Competing in the 1980s, she was the first international standard marathon runner from Hong Kong and was twice winner of the Macau Marathon, Hong Kong Marathon, and Bangkok Marathon. [3] She was originally from Japan but opted to represent Hong Kong, (her adopted nation by marriage) and enjoyed international competition for the first time in her thirties. [4]
She was a silver medallist in the marathon at the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing behind India's Asha Agarwal. [5]
She continued running in her later years as a masters athlete and won the women's under-45 category for the 5000 metres at the 1997 World Masters Athletics Championships. [6]
On the 29th of September 2019, Yuko broke the world record marathon time in her single age category (68 year old) in the Berlin marathon with a time of 3:19:37. [7]
