Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, ''Miyahara Miho'', born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese
karate
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ka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the
World Karate Championships
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(2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the
2018 Asian Karate Championships
The 2018 Asian Karate Championships were the 15th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from July 13 to July 15, 2018.
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Miyahara represented Japan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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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
The 2016 World Karate Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Linz, Austria from October 25 to October 30, 2016.
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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
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in Wrocław, Poland. The gold medal also went to Alexandra Recchia.
At the
2018 Asian Karate Championships
The 2018 Asian Karate Championships were the 15th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from July 13 to July 15, 2018.
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ReferencesResults A few days later, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50kg event at the
2018 World University Karate Championships The 2018 World University Karate Championships was the 11th edition of World University Karate Championships and took place in Kobe, Japan between July 19 and July 22, 2018.
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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
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 ...
held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
At the
2019 Asian Karate Championships
The 2019 Asian Karate Championships were the 16th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from July 19 to July 21, 2019.
In the women's 68 kg event, the gold medalist Nodira Djumaniyazova of Uzbekist ...
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
The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...
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
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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
The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...