Miu Hirano

Miu Hirano
Nationality  Japan
Born (2000-04-14) April 14, 2000
Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Playing style Right-handed, Shakehand grip, Counter Driver
Equipment(s) Stiga Clipper Wood, Butterfly Tenergy
Highest ranking 16 (November 2015)[1]
Current ranking 14 (August 2016)
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight 45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Cup
2016 Philadelphia Singles
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team
World Junior Championships
2013 Rabat Team[3]
ITTF World Tour
2014 German Open Doubles[4]
2014 Spain Open Doubles
2014 Bangkok Grand Finals Doubles
2015 Korean Open Doubles
2016 Poland Open Singles[5]
Polish Junior and Cadet Open
2013 Wladyslawowo Junior team[6]
Miu Hirano in September 2011

Miu Hirano (平野 美宇 Hirano Miu) (born April 14, 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[7]

Career

2014

In March 2014 she, together with Mima Ito, won the doubles title at German Open. They were both 13 at the time. Thus they became the youngest-ever winners of a doubles competition in the ITTF World Tour.[4][8] She was in the national team of the 2014 Asian Games, making appearance on the gold medal match of the team event against China. In April 2014 she won again with Mima Ito, a double title at the ITTF World Tour in Spain.[9]
In December 2014 she won again the doubles with Mima Ito at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok against the Singaporean partnership Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu. Miu Hirano and Mima Ito became the youngest players winning the Grand Tour Finals at that moment.[10]

2015

On 5 July 205, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito won the Women’s Doubles title at the ITTF World Tour 2015 on the Korea Open in the city of Incheon.[11]
In April 2016 she won, after beating Mima Ito, Hitomi Sato and Li Jiao, her first women´s singles' title on a ITTF World Tour at the Open in Poland against Yu Mengyu in the Final.[12]

2016

On 9 October 2016 she won the Women World Cup in Philadelphia, USA after beating Mima Ito and in the quarterfinals Feng Tianwei. She defeated in the finals Cheng I-Ching 4-0 and became the youngest Women World Cups Champion with 16 years old and the first non-Chinese Player winning the World Cup title.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "World Ranking - HIRANO Miu". ITTF. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Table tennis - Junior World Championships - Women's Team 2013 season results". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
    "China successfully defends World Junior Table Tennis Team titles". insidethegames.biz. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. 1 2 "Table Tennis Japanese 13-year-olds make history at German Open". Sport Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  5. ↑ "Result of Previous Month Reversed, Miu Hirano Wins in Poland". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Miyu Kato Completes Doubles, Cadet Title Added to Earlier Junior Success". ITTF. 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Miu Hirano – one of the worlds' most promising young girls signs with STIGA!". Stiga Table Tennis. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  8. ↑ "13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History on the ITTF World Tour". Around The Rings. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  9. ↑ "Maturity Beyond Years, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito Repeat Magdeburg Success". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  10. ↑ "At A Glance: Japanese Teenagers Create History in Bangkok". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Gold for Miu Hirano and Mima Ito, Youngest Final Ever". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  12. ↑ "Result of Previous Month Reversed, Miu Hirano Wins in Poland". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  13. ↑ "Miu Hirano responds to occasion, writes history, wins Seamaster Women's World Cup". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
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