Yuka Uda

Yuka Uda (宇田 由香, Uda Yuka, 11 January 1982 – 2 July 2010) was a road cyclist from Japan. Her maiden name was Yuka Yamashima (山島由香, Yamashima Yuka). She finished second in the Japanese National Road Race Championships in 2008, and represented her nation at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships.[1][2] She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in February 2009 and died of the disease on 2 July 2010.[2]

Yuka Uda
Personal information
Born(1982-01-11)11 January 1982
Minoh, Osaka, Japan
Died2 July 2010(2010-07-02) (aged 28)
Team information
DisciplineRoad cycling

References
  1. "Yuka Yamashima". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "急性骨髄性白血病の闘病むなしく、宇田由香が死去". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 March 2015.


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