Miho Miyahara Explained

Miho Miyahara
Birth Date:1996 9, df=yes
Country:Japan
Sport:Karate
Event:Kumite

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]

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

Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's 50kg 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 50kg 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 50kg event.[2] A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50kg 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 50kg 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 50kg 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 55kg event.[5] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg 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 50kg 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 50kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria2ndKumite 50kg
2017World GamesWrocław, Poland2ndKumite 50kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan1stKumite 50kg
Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia3rdKumite 50kg
World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain1stKumite 50kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan2ndKumite 50kg
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates1stKumite 50kg
2022World GamesBirmingham, United States3rdKumite 50kg
Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan2ndKumite 50kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karate Results. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf. 19 April 2020. 19 April 2020.
  2. News: Etchells. Daniel. Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships. 14 July 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 26 April 2020.
  3. News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. WKF.net. 18 April 2020.
  4. News: Shefferd. Neil. World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Karate Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf. 10 August 2021. 10 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  6. News: Etchells. Daniel. 29 October 2016. Four gold medals for Japan on opening day of finals at 2016 Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 May 2020.
  7. Web site: 2016 World Karate Championships Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831202740/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/74/Results.pdf. 31 August 2020. 23 June 2021. Sportdata.
  8. Web site: Karate Results. 2017 World Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020.
  9. News: Winters. Max. 25 July 2017. The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 May 2020.
  10. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031214737/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf. 31 October 2020. 31 October 2020. 2018 World University Karate Championships.
  11. News: Rowbottom. Mike. Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships. 20 July 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622015646/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082367/asian-karate-championships-in-tashkent. 22 June 2020.
  12. Web site: 2019 Asian Karate Championships Results. World Karate Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200423202643/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf. 23 April 2020. 23 April 2020.
  13. News: Morgan. Liam. 20 November 2021. Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 November 2021.
  14. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  15. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.

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