Miho Miyahara

Miho Miyahara (born 3 September 1996)[1] is a Japanese karateka. In 2018, she became champion in the women's kumite 50 kg event at both the 2018 World Karate Championships and the 2018 Asian Karate Championships.

Miho Miyahara
Personal information
Born (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996
Sport
CountryJapan
SportKarate
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Kumite 50 kg
World Championships
2018 Madrid Kumite 50 kg
2016 Linz Kumite 50 kg
Asian Championships
2018 Amman Kumite 50 kg
2019 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
World Games
2017 Wrocław Kumite 50 kg

She is scheduled to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[2][3]

Career

In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.[4][5]

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[6] 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 she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[7][8]

References
  1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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