Yurika Nakamura

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

{{for|the actress| Yurika Nakamura (actress)}}

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{{nihongo|Yurika Nakamura|中村 友梨香|Nakamura Yurika}} (born 1 April 1986 in Fukuchiyama) is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.

She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut.{{cite news|title=Nakamura wins Nagoya marathon, Takahashi a distant 27th|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|agency=HighBeam Research/AP|date=10 March 2008|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8V9O4RG6.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424234941/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-D8V9O4RG6.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2016|access-date=2016-04-24}} In the 2008 Summer Olympics marathon, she finished 13th. She won the 2009 Sapporo Half Marathon title with a time of 1:09:20.{{cite news|last=Nakamura|first=Ken|date=2009-07-05|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/ngatuny-and-nakamura-take-sapporo-half-marath|title=Ngatuny and Nakamura take Sapporo Half Marathon titles|publisher=IAAF|access-date=2016-04-24}}