Mima Ito
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| Mima Itō at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2017 | |
| Other spellings: | 伊藤 美 誠 |
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| Date of birth: | October 21, 2000 |
| Place of birth: | Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Current world rankings : | 6th |
| Best world ranking : | 2 (Apr. 2020) |
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Mima Itō ( Japanese 伊藤 美 誠 , Itō Mima ; born October 21, 2000 in Iwata , Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis player . With the Japanese team, she won World Cup silver and Olympic bronze in 2016 at the age of 15 , in doubles she won 2017 World Cup bronze and 2019 World Cup silver.
Career
Mima Itō began playing on an international level at the age of nine. At the age of ten, she won the Taiwan Junior and Cadet Open, making her the youngest player to ever win an ITTF Junior Tour tournament. A year later, she defeated the then number 50 in the world rankings, the Swede Matilda Ekholm , followed by several successes in doubles with Miu Hirano : In 2013 they reached the semi-finals of the Qatar Open, which no other player of her age had achieved either was.
In 2014 they won several Pro Tour tournaments, for which they received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records , and finally even the Pro Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok. For Mima Itō followed in 2015 - again a record - by winning the German Open in Bremen, the first gold medal in an individual competition of the Pro Tour. After making it to the quarter-finals in her first World Cup , she moved into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in June 2015 at the age of 14, displacing Han Ying and Chen Meng to reach ninth place. At the Asian Championships she won the silver medal with the team and in doubles. In December she won silver in doubles with Miu Hirano at the World Tour Grand Finals and received the ITTF Breakthrough Star Award.
At the age of 15, she competed in the 2016 World Cup as part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal , and took bronze with the team at the Olympic Games . This made her the youngest ever Olympic medalist in table tennis. At the 2017 World Cup she won bronze in doubles with Hina Hayata . She achieved her first double success at the 2017 Czech Open, where she won gold in doubles and, after her first victory over Kasumi Ishikawa, in singles.
At the Japanese championship in January 2018, she won all three titles in singles, doubles and mixed, in May she was again runner-up world champion with the team, remaining unbeaten in the entire tournament. In June, she won the Japan Open after beating the top 10 players Cheng I-Ching , Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu - Chen after a 3-0 deficit - and in November the Swedish Open . There she won against Feng Tianwei , after 1: 3 deficit against Liu Shiwen , after 0: 2 and 6:10 deficit with 4: 2 against world champion Ding Ning and in the final with 4: 0 against the world number one Zhu Yuling , who she left less than five points per sentence on average.
At the end of the year at the Grand Finals she won gold in doubles with Hina Hayata, with whom she also became vice world champion the following year . In the individual, she was eliminated from the World Cup in the third round against Sun Yingsha . At the Swedish Open 2019 she was able to beat several top Chinese players with Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha before losing the final after 3-1 lead against Chen Meng 3-4. At the Austrian Open , gold followed after a final victory over Zhu Yuling, at the Grand Finals she was eliminated in the individual semi-finals against Chen Meng and won silver in the mixed with Jun Mizutani , after she finished the final with 2: 0 after a 2-0 lead. 3 lost. After reaching the final of the Qatar Open 2020 , she reached world number 2 in April.
Double partners
Listed only for at least three joint tournaments a year.
- 2013–2015: Miu Hirano
- 2016: Ai Fukuhara
- 2017–2018: Hina Hayata
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2017 | Wuxi | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | silver | silver |
| JPN | Asian Championship | 2015 | Pattaya | THA | Quarter finals | silver | silver | |
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2016 | Dubai | UAE | 6th place | |||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | bronze | |||
| JPN | ITTF Challenge Series | 2017 | Czestochowa | POLE | gold | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2020 | Doha | QAT | silver | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2020 | Budapest | HUN | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2020 | Magdeburg | GER | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Linz | AUT | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Bremen | GER | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Stockholm | SWE | silver | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Olomouc | CZE | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Panagyurishte | BUL | Semifinals | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Geelong | OUT | Semifinals | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Busan | COR | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Hong Kong | HKG | silver | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Shenzhen | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | Semifinals | silver | |
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Linz | AUT | last 16 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Stockholm | SWE | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Olomouc | CZE | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Panagyurishte | BUL | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Geelong | OUT | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Kitakyushu | JPN | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Shenzhen | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | silver | |
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Olomouc | CZE | gold | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Panagyurishte | BUL | silver | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Gold coast | OUT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Incheon | COR | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Linz | AUT | gold | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Warsaw | POLE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Zagreb | CRO | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Bremen | GER | gold | last 16 | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Incheon | COR | silver | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Zagreb | CRO | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Incheon City | COR | silver | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Sydney | OUT | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Almeria | ESP | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | gold | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2019 | Zhengzhou | CHN | Semifinals | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2018 | Incheon | COR | last 16 | gold | Semifinals | |
| JPN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2017 | Astana | KAZ | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2015 | Lisbon | POR | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2014 | Bangkok | THA | gold | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | last 32 | silver | Quarter finals | |
| JPN | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | silver | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | silver | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | last 32 | ||
| JPN | World cup | 2016 | Philadelphia | United States | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2019 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | |||
| JPN | World Team Cup | 2018 | London | CLOSELY | silver | |||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2016 | Cape Town | RSA | last 32 | last 32 | last 32 | gold |
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2014 | Shanghai | CHN | Quarter finals | silver | silver | |
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2013 | Rabat | MOR | Quarter finals | last 32 | silver | |
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2012 | Hyderabad | IND | last 16 | Quarter finals | silver | |
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2014 | Taipei | TPE | gold | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2013 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2013 | Taipei | TPE | gold | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2012 | Hong Kong | HKG | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2011 | Taipei | TPE | gold | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2013 | Otocec | SLO | silver | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2012 | Mangilao | GUM | silver |
Web links
- Mima Itō Article about Mima Itō on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ tt-news.de - Japan's table tennis child prodigies in the Guinness Book of Records.Retrieved on July 5, 2015
- ↑ mytischtennis.de - The record child: Mima Itō on the way to Olympic victory.Retrieved on June 11, 2015.
- ↑ tischtennis.de - Star Awards go to the first in the world rankings ( Memento from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on December 11, 2015.
- ↑ tischtennis.de - Silver medal of the DTTB women shines like gold / Celebration in the German house / Solja's promise ( Memento from August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on August 17, 2016.
- ^ Mima Ito recovers again, beats Ding Ning. ittf.com, November 3, 2018, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Fan Zhendong and Mima Ito sparkle on final day in Stockholm. ittf.com, November 4, 2018, accessed November 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Record books rewritten on drama-filled final day! ittf.com, December 17, 2018, accessed October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu clinch gold; full house for China. ittf.com, April 28, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Wang Chuqin sensational, Mima Ito so close. ittf.com, October 6, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Japanese teenage star Mima Ito victorious at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Austrian Open. ittf.com, November 17, 2019, accessed November 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Grand Finals: Fan Zhendong and Ma Long move into the final. mytischtennis.de, December 14, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ World ranking: Fan Zhendong back on top. mytischtennis.de, April 16, 2020, accessed on April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Mima Itō results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 2, 2016)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Itō, Mima |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 伊藤 美 誠 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 2000 |