10 Facts About Yuri Yoshizumi

Yuri Yoshizumi was born on 1986 and is a Japanese ultra runner and skyrunner.

Yuri Yoshizumi won the Asian Vertical Kilometre Skyrunning Championship in 2016, placed second in the Vertical Kilometer World Circuit in 2019 and won a number of individual events including the 2019 Transvulcania Marathon and the Fuji Mountain Race in 2017,2018 and 2019.

Yuri Yoshizumi won the 2012 Hokkaido marathon in a time of 2:39:07 and a marathon PB of 2:37:56 the next year, when she finished in 5th place.

Yuri Yoshizumi finished 2nd in the Kobe Marathon in 2013, in a time of 2:41:00, which secured her a spot in the Chicago Marathon, which she ran as part of the Japanese National Team.

Yuri Yoshizumi won the Vertical Kilometer in the 2016 Sky Running Asian Championships in Lantau Island, Hong Kong, where she won in a time of 45:59, which was more than 2 minutes under the previous course record.

Yuri Yoshizumi ran the 2016 Osaka Tower Run, narrowly beating favourite Suzy Walsham.

Yuri Yoshizumi followed this up with a win in 2018, despite having broken her hand a week prior, and in 2019.

Yuri Yoshizumi returned in 2019, when she placed second in the Vertical Kilometer and won the marathon event.

In 2019 Yuri Yoshizumi placed 2nd on the Vertical Kilometer World Circuit, with individual results including at least 2 second places and a fourth-place finish.

In 2019 Yuri Yoshizumi participated in the Orsieres-Champex-Chamonix race, which is one of the races in the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, where she placed 3rd.