Megu Uyama Explained

Megu Uyama
Country:	Japan
Birth Date:	1996 1, df=yes
Hometown:	Kanazawa, Japan
Height:	1.58 m
Discipline:	TRA
Club:	Sports Club Tenforty
Headcoach:	Toshio Harada
Show-Medals:	yes

Megu Uyama (宇山芽紅, born 14 January 1996) is a Japanese individual and synchronized trampoline gymnast, who has represented her country at four World Championships, as well as the 2018 Asian Games.^[1]

Uyama won the gold medal in the women's synchro event alongside Hikaru Mori at the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first female gymnasts from Japan to win a World Championship gold in trampolining.^{[2] [3]} She was also part of the Japanese team that won the gold at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.^[4]

Uyama was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] She qualified to the women's trampoline final where she finished fifth.^[6]

She graduated from Kanazawa Gakuin University with a degree in Sport Studies in 2018.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: UYAMA Megu - FIG Athlete Profile. International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). January 12, 2021.
2. Web site: Historic Japanese win amid successful title defences at FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships. Inside The Games. November 9, 2018.
3. Web site: Hikaru Mori, Megu Uyama become first Japanese women to take gold at trampoline world championships. The Japan Times. November 18, 2018.
4. Web site: Belarus and Japan earn shock victories at FIG Trampoline World Championships. Inside The Games. November 29, 2019.
5. Web site: 五輪代表、石川勢２０人視野　前回「東京」抜き最多　トランポリン岸、宇山「当確」. 20 Olympic representatives from Ishikawa, more than previous Tokyo Games, Kishi, Uyama "certainly". ja. The Hokkoku Shimbun. June 9, 2021.
6. Web site: Trampoline Gymnastics Women’s Final Results. Olympics.com. 30 July 2021. 9 August 2021. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730063250/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GTR/OG2020-_GTR_C73B_GTRW1TRA--------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.