Miho Ninomiya

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Miho Ninomiya ( Japanese 二 宮 美 穂 Ninomiya Miho ; born August 22, 1975 ) is a former Japanese judoka . She won two silver and two bronze medals at world championships.

Athletic career

Miho Ninomiya fought in heavyweight and open classes. In 1994 she entered the US Open and won the open class. In 1996 she finished second behind Noriko Anno at the Japanese championships in the open class. At the end of 1996 she took part in the Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City and won bronze in both the heavyweight division and the open class. In 1997 she won the title at the Japanese championships ahead of Noriko Anno. At the 1997 World Championships in Paris, she won the quarter-finals against the Polish Beata Maksymow and the semi-finals against the Chinese Sun Fuming in the heavyweight division . In the final, she lost to the French Christine Cicot . In the open class, Ninomiya was already defeated by Cuban Daima Beltrán in the round of 16 . With three wins in the round of hope, she reached the battle for a bronze medal, which she won against the Dutchwoman Françoise Harteveld . Six weeks after the World Championships, the 1997 Asian Championships took place in Manila, Miho Ninomiya won the heavyweight division against the South Korean Shon Hyun-me , and in the open class she won the title with a victory over the Chinese Li Yanfu .

In 1998, Ninomiya won the Japanese championships against Masae Ueno . At the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division. In 1999 she won the Fukuoka international tournament in the open class. In February she won the heavyweight final of the Tournoi de Paris against Daima Beltrán. In October 1999 at the World Championships in Birmingham, she lost in the heavyweight quarter-finals to the British Karina Bryant . With two wins in the round of hope, she reached the battle for a bronze medal, which she won against Christine Cicot. In the open class she won in the quarter-finals against Françoise Harteveld and in the semifinals against the Bulgarian Zwetana Bosilowa . She lost the final against Daima Beltrán. Like two years before, she had won silver and bronze, whereby she reached the world championship finals once in each of her two weight classes.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Japanese Championships 1996 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Asia Championships 1996 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Japanese Championships 1997 at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Asia Championships 1997 at judoinside.com
  6. ↑ Japanese Championships 1998 at judoinside.com
  7. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Ninomiya, Miho
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1975