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Miho Miyahara

Summary

Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, Miyahara Miho, born 3 September 1996)[1] is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships.[2]

Miho Miyahara
Personal information
Born (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 27)
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
Weight class
  • 50 kg
  • 55 kg (Olympic Games)
EventKumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Games 0 1 1
World Championships 2 1 0
Asian Games 0 0 1
Asian Championships 1 2 0
Total 3 4 2
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wrocław Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Kumite 50 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Madrid Kumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dubai Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Linz Kumite 50 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Kumite 50 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Amman Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg

Miyahara represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.[3][4] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.[5]

Career edit

Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France.[6] In 2017, Miyahara repeated this result with the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Games in Wrocław, Poland.[8][9] The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.[8]

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, Miyahara won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[2] A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.[10] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[11][12] In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.[12]

In August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Miyahara competed in the women's 55 kg event.[5] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[13][14] She defeated Shara Hubrich of Germany in her gold medal match.[14]

Miyahara won the bronze medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[15] She defeated Gu Shiau-shuang of Chinese Taipei in her bronze medal match.[15] In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements edit

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2017 World Games Wrocław, Poland 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st Kumite 50 kg
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 3rd Kumite 50 kg
World Championships Madrid, Spain 1st Kumite 50 kg
2019 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2nd Kumite 50 kg
2021 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1st Kumite 50 kg
2022 World Games Birmingham, United States 3rd Kumite 50 kg
Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2nd Kumite 50 kg

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Etchells, Daniel (29 October 2016). "Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  9. ^ Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World University Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  11. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. ^ Morgan, Liam (20 November 2021). "Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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