Miyuki Maeda

Miyuki Maeda
Miyuki Maeda at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1985-10-14) 14 October 1985 Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD) 15 September 2011 20 (XD) 6 March 2014
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing Japan World Championships 2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles 2011 London Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2014 Incheon Women's team Asia Championships 2009 Suwon Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, Maeda Miyuki, born 14 October 1985, in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan) is a Japanese female international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club.^[1] She competed in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.^[2]

Career

Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010.^[3] On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010.

In the mixed doubles Maeda starts now with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010.

Awards

In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League.^[2]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Reika Kakiiwa	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	8–21, 13–21	Bronze
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Satoko Suetsuna	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	8–21, 15–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Noriyasu Hirata	Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	15–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Japan Open	Reika Kakiiwa	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	12–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner
2012	China Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	19–21, 7–14 Retired	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	26–24, 21–15	Winner
2010	Denmark Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2010	Swiss Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Tian Qing Yu Yang	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Japan Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Syed Modi India Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2011	Malaysia Masters	Satoko Suetsuna	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2008	India Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2007	U.S. Open	Satoko Suetsuna	Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda	16–21, 21–14, 21–15	Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	U.S. Open	Keita Masuda	Howard Bach Eva Lee	19–21, 21–11, 21–19	Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Osaka International	Keita Masuda	Cho Gun-woo Hong Soo-jung	21–10, 21–9	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Women's Doubles results with Satoko Suetsuna against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[4]

References

External links

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