Daisuke Uekado

{{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner}}

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Daisuke Uekado (born December 11, 1993) is a Japanese long-distance runner.

Uekado won the 2016 Kyoto Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://run.hwinter.de/?p=5064|title=Kyoto Marathon am 22. Februar 2016: 14868 Marathonläufer im Ziel – keep on running|website=run.hwinter.de|date=22 February 2016 }}

He competed at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where he finished 82nd.{{Cite web | url=http://www.facv.es/upload/2018/resultados/pdf/acta_IR01_RUpDa4K.pdf | title=IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 | website=www.facv.es}}

Uekado finished 8th at the 2018 Berlin Marathon.{{cite web|url=https://www.aclsports.com/kenyan-kipchoge-sets-new-world-record-at-berlin-marathon/|title=Kenyan Kipchoge sets new world record at Berlin Marathon - ACLSports|date=16 September 2018|publisher=}}

He has qualified for the Japan Olympic Trials for the 2020 Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712040016.html|title=MARATHON/ Osako finishes 3rd in Fukuoka race in rare good news for Japan：The Asahi Shimbun|publisher=}}