Yuko Gordon


Yuko Gordon 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 1983 World Championships in Athletics. She holds a personal best of 2:38:32 hours, set in 1987.
Competing in the 1980s, she was the first international standard marathon runner from Hong Kong and was twice winner at the Macau Marathon, Hong Kong Marathon and Bangkok Marathon. She was originally from Japan but opted to represent Hong Kong after failing to make the national team, enjoying international competition for the first time in her thirties.
She was a silver medallist in the marathon at the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing behind India's Asha Agarwal.
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.
On the 29th September 2019, Yuko broke the world record marathon time in her single age category in the Berlin marathon with the time of 3:19:37.

International competitions

Road race wins