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.

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

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.[4]

In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.[5][6] In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France.[5]

At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[7] A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.[8] 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.[9][10] In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	2nd	Kumite 50 kg
2017	World Games	Wrocław, Poland	2nd	Kumite 50 kg
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Kumite 50 kg
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	Kumite 50 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	Kumite 50 kg
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Kumite 50 kg

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