Misaki Matsutomo
Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the [Badminton at the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles] alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in Mexico.
Career
In 2016, she won the women's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She and her women's doubles partner Ayaka Takahashi were also honored with the Female Player of the Year award. They have been playing together for more than ten years, ever since they were schoolmates. Matsutomo and Takahashi became the first non-Chinese pair to win the women's Olympic doubles title since the 1996 Atlanta Games, giving Japan its second medal in the event after Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa won silver at the 2012 London Olympics.In 2025, Matsutomo returned to compete in the women's doubles stage partnering Chiharu Shida.
Achievements
Olympic Games
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| 2016 | Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  BWF World ChampionshipsWomen's doubles
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