Miyu Nagasaki
Miyu Nagasaki 
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| Nagasaki at the Swedish Open 2018 | |
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| Date of birth: | June 15, 2002 |
| Place of birth: | Ebina |
| Size: | 155 cm |
| Weight: | 49 kg |
| Playing hand: | Left |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 59 |
| Best world ranking : | 34 (September 2018) |
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Miyu Nagasaki ( Japanese長 﨑 美 柚, Nagasaki Miyū ; born June 15, 2002 in Ebina , Kanagawa Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis player . She was runner-up with the team in 2018. The Japanese is left-handed and uses the European shakehand style to hold the bat .
In 2019 she won both the singles and doubles competitions at the World Youth Championships together with Miyuu Kihara . This makes her the first non-Chinese woman to have achieved this success in the 17-year history of the tournament.
In the same year she also won the gold medal in the doubles competition at the World Tour Grand Finals , also with Miyuu Kihara. In September 2018 she achieved her best world ranking to date with 34th place in the ITTF world rankings.
Overview of titles and successes
singles
- Winner of the Youth World Championships (2019)
- Winner of the Asian Junior & Cadet Championships (2019)
Double
- Winner of the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals (2019)
- Winner of the Youth World Championships (2019), 3rd place (2017, 2018)
- Winner of the Asian Junior & Cadet Championships (2019), 3rd place (2016)
team
- Silver at the World Championships (2018)
- Silver at the World Youth Championships (2018, 2019)
- 2nd place at the Asian Junior & Cadet Championships (2016, 2017), 3rd place (2015, 2019)
Web links
- Player profile about Miyu Nagasaki on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation (ittf.com)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan falls to China in the World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final . In: The Japan Times Online . May 6, 2018, ISSN 0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed January 24, 2020]).
- ↑ Player profile. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Joy for Japan at 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships. December 2, 2019, accessed January 24, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ Teen duo Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki capture table tennis Grand Finals title . In: The Japan Times Online . December 15, 2019, ISSN 0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed January 24, 2020]).
- ^ ITTF - World Ranking. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Nagasaki, Miyu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagasaki, Miyu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 2002 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebina , Kanagawa Prefecture |