Miyu Katō (table tennis player)
Miyu Kato 
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| Date of birth: | April 14, 1999 |
| Place of birth: | Musashino |
| Size: | 168 cm |
| Weight: | 60 kg |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand (attack) |
| Current world rankings : | 22nd |
| Best world ranking : | 13 (January 2018) |
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Miyu Kato ( Japanese加藤 美 優, Katō Miyu ; born April 14, 1999 in Musashino , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis player .
Career
The Japanese had her first appearances on the international stage at youth world championships. So she won silver with the team in 2012, 2013 and 2017. In the individual, she was able to achieve third place twice at the same event.
In 2014 she took part in the Youth Olympic Games and achieved 4th place in the individual. She won silver with the team. On the World Tour she had fewer appearances due to strong Japanese competition , but she was nominated twice by the Japanese Association for the World Championships in 2017 and 2019 , where she came close to medal ranks, but ultimately failed.
Results from the ITTF database
Source:
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team | ||||
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| JPN | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | last 16 | |||||||
| JPN | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Quarter finals | |||||||
| JPN | World Tour | 2016 | Panagjurishte | BUL | last 16 | 1 | ||||||
| JPN | Youth Olympic Games | 2014 | Nanjing | CHN | last 16 | |||||||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2012 | Hyderabad | IND | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||||||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2013 | Rabat | MAR | last 32 | last 16 | last 16 | 2 | ||||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2016 | Cape Town | ZAF | bronze | bronze | last 16 | |||||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2017 | Riva del Garda | ITA | bronze | bronze | last 16 | 2nd place |
Activities in Germany
In the 2015/16 season, Miyu Kato and Yui Hamamoto were signed for the German Bundesliga club ttc berlin eastside . The two players played in the back pair of cross. In 2017 Miyu Kato left the Berlin club again.
Web links
- Miyu Kato's world ranking positions (accessed January 30, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 小 ６ 加藤 美 優 大学生 撃 破！ 愛 に 並 ぶ ５ 回 戦 進出！ In: sponichi.co.jp. January 20, 2012, accessed January 30, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Kato, Miyu. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ a b German champions sign Yui Hamamoto and Miyu Kato - tischtennis.de. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2017/6 page 7
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| SURNAME | Kato, Miyu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miyu, Kato |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Musashino , Tokyo Prefecture |