Miho Miyahara


Miho Miyahara is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships. 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.
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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

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria2ndKumite 50kg
2017World GamesWrocław, Poland2ndKumite 50kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan1stKumite 50kg
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia3rdKumite 50kg
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain1stKumite 50kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan2ndKumite 50kg
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates1stKumite 50kg
2022World GamesBirmingham, United States3rdKumite 50kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan2ndKumite 50kg