Megu Uyama (宇山芽紅, born 14 January 1996) is a Japanese gymnast specialised in synchronised trampoline, who has represented her country at four World Championships, as well as the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

. Uyama won the gold medal in the women's synchro event alongside Hikaru Mori at the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first female gymnasts from Japan to win a World Championship gold in trampolining. She was also part of the Japanese team that won the gold at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships. Uyama was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the women's trampoline final where she finished fifth. She graduated from

Kanazawa Gakuin University is a private university in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. The school opened initially as Kanazawa Private Women's College in 1946, and became Kanazawa Women's University in 1987. It became coeducational and took on its current name in 2017. Sports ...

with a degree in Sport Studies in 2018.

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* Living people 1996 births Sportspeople from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Japanese female trampolinists Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{trampolining-bio-stub