Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency Wunna Kyawhtin[1] Dr |
Mya Lay Sein | |
Native Name Lang: | Burmese |
Office: | Deputy Minister for Health and Sports |
Term Start: | 2 July 2018 |
Term End: | 1 February 2021 |
President: | Win Myint |
Minister: | Myint Htwe |
Predecessor: | Thaung Htike |
Successor: | Myo Hlaing |
Office2: | Vice Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee |
Term Start2: | 2 July 2018 |
Term End2: | 1 February 2021 |
Nationality: | Myanmar |
Alma Mater: | Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon University of New South Wales |
Occupation: | Physiologist |
Mya Lay Sein (Burmese: ; born 1954) is a Burmese physiologist, former badminton player[2] and Deputy Minister for Health and Sports for Myanmar from 2018 to 2021.
Mya has always been very active in sports, culminating in 15 years of international representation in badminton for Myanmar team. She was a silver medallist in the 1979 WBF World Championships with partner Wai Nyunt in mixed doubles category. At the same time she has also studied at Yangon Institute of Medicine 1 and graduated in 1982.
She received the certificate of the Postgraduate Training Sports Medicine from the Singapore Sports Council, the degrees of MSpMed (Master of Sports Medicine) and PhD (Sports Medicine & Shoulder) from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She served as the vice president of Myanmar Badminton Federation. On 2 July 2018, the president Win Myint appointed her as the deputy minister for Ministry of Health and Sports.[3] [4]
Mixed doubles
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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1975 | Bangkok, Thailand | Thida Aye Nyo | Porntip Buntanon Suleeporn Jittariyakul | Bronze | ||
1979 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | Thida Aye Nyo | Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna | 3–15, 8–15 | Bronze |