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Ririka Hironaka
	Hironaka (ahead of Ayuka Kazama) at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	24 November 2000 (age 24); Nagasaki
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	5000 metres; 10,000 metres;

Ririka Hironaka (廣中璃梨佳, Hironaka Ririka, born 24 November 2000) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running.^[2]

She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.^[2] In Japanese national championships she won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres in 2019, and the silver medal over the same distance in 2020; in 2021 she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres.^[1] She represented Japan in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and led at 1000m and 2000m before finishing 7th with a personal best time of 31:00.71.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "廣中璃梨佳 Ririka Hironaka" (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Athlete profile: Ririka Hironaka". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ Smythe, Steve (7 August 2021). "Sifan Hassan runs into the history books with Olympic 10,000m gold". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

External links

Ririka Hironaka at World Athletics
Ririka Hironaka at JAAF (in Japanese)
Ririka Hironaka – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
Ririka Hironaka at Olympedia (archive)
Ririka Hironaka at Olympics.com
Ririka Hironaka – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)

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[JAAF-1] "廣中璃梨佳 Ririka Hironaka" (in Japanese). Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[WA-2] "Athlete profile: Ririka Hironaka". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[3] Smythe, Steve (7 August 2021). "Sifan Hassan runs into the history books with Olympic 10,000m gold". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

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