{{Short description|Japanese marathon runner}} {{about|the athlete|the Japanese curator|Yuko Hasegawa (curator)}} {{MedalTableTop|sport= Women's athletics|country_code=HKG|medals= {{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|1985 Jakarta|Marathon}} }}
'''Yuko Gordon''' (née Hasegawa; {{langx|ja|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.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/yuko-gordon-1.html Yuko Gordon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820014906/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/yuko-gordon-1.html |date=2011-08-20 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref> She holds a personal best of 2:38:32 hours, set in 1987.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hong-kong-china/yuko-gordon-64037 Yuko Gordon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312072356/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hong-kong-china/yuko-gordon-64037 |date=2017-03-12 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref>
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.<ref>[https://more.arrs.run/runner/9988 Yuko Gordon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref> 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.<ref>S. F. Lam, Julian W. Chang The quest for gold: fifty years of amateur sports in Hong Kong, 1947-1997 Hong Kong University Press, 2006</ref>
She was a silver medallist in the marathon at the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing behind India's Asha Agarwal.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923173114/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm |date=2018-09-23 }}. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wmcw.htm World Masters Championships (Women)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406181554/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wmcw.htm |date=2017-04-06 }}. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/SA_Mara.htm|title=Single Age Records Marathon|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220091648/https://www.arrs.run/SA_Mara.htm|archive-date=2020-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |1983 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |35th |Marathon |2:48:51 |- |1984 |Olympic Games |Los Angeles, United States |34th |Marathon |2:46:12 |- |rowspan=3|1985 |Asian Championships |Jakarta, Indonesia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Marathon |2:54:16 |- |IAAF World Cup |Canberra, Australia | — |10,000 m |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |- |World Marathon Cup |Hiroshima, Japan |28th |Marathon |2:45:29 |- |rowspan=3|1988 |rowspan=2|World Cross Country Championships |rowspan=2|Auckland, New Zealand |92nd |Senior race |21:15 |- |21st |Team |436 pts |- |IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships |Adelaide, Australia |64th |15 km |57:11 |}
==Road race wins== *Macau Marathon: 1983, 1985 *Hong Kong Marathon: 1983, 1984 *Bangkok Marathon: 1987, 1988
==See also== *Neko Hiroshi, Japanese runner who competed for Cambodia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Yuko}} Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:Hong Kong women long-distance runners Category:Hong Kong women marathon runners Category:Japanese women long-distance runners Category:Japanese women marathon runners Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Hong Kong Category:Olympic athletes for Hong Kong Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Hong Kong Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Hong Kong women cross country runners Category:20th-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists