Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, Miyahara Miho, born 3 September 1996) 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.
Miyahara represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate. She competed in the women's 55 kg event.
Career
Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria. In the final, she lost against Alexandra Recchia of France. In 2017, Miyahara repeated this result with the silver medal in the women's kumite 50kg event at the World Games in Wrocław, Poland. The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.
At the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, Miyahara won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50kg event. 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. 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.
At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Miyahara won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50kg event. In the final, she lost against Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.
In August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Miyahara competed in the women's 55kg event. 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. She defeated Shara Hubrich of Germany in her gold medal match.
Miyahara won the bronze medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. She defeated Gu Shiau-shuang of Chinese Taipei in her bronze medal match. 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 Event2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria 2ndKumite 50kg2017World GamesWrocław, Poland 2ndKumite 50kg 2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan 1stKumite 50kgAsian GamesJakarta, Indonesia 3rdKumite 50kgWorld ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 1stKumite 50kg2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 2ndKumite 50kg2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates 1stKumite 50kg 2022World GamesBirmingham, United States 3rdKumite 50kgAsian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 2ndKumite 50kg
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