ANDO Yuka

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Marathon
2017	London, GBR	17th (2:31:31)

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
13	Marathon	2018/2019	London, GBR	2:26:47
17	Marathon	2017/2018	London, GBR	2:31:31

Platinum Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Marathon	2020	Nagoya, JPN	2:22:41

Gold Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Marathon	2017	Nagoya, JPN	2:21:36
3	Marathon	2018	Osaka, JPN	2:27:37

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete, Office Worker

Japanese

Wacoal [Japan]

Tadayuki Nagayama [club], JPN

She began the sport in grade seven of middle school. (mainichi.jp, 01 Aug 2017; sanspo.com, 13 Mar 2017)

She initially joined the handball team at middle school, but moved to the athletics team because there were too many members in handball. She was also inspired after watching Japanese long-distance runner Naoko Takahashi win a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (mainichi.jp, 01 Aug 2017; sanspo.com, 13 Mar 2017)

To win a gold medal in the marathon at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fujitv.co.jp, 23 Jan 2018)

Japanese long-distance runner Naoko Takahashi. (fujitv.co.jp, 23 Jan 2018)

She received a Rookie Award at the 2017 Japan Association of Athletics Federations [JAAF] Athletics Awards in Tokyo, Japan. (jaaf.or.jp, 22 Dec 2017)