Sayaka Hirano
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| Other spellings: | 平野 早 矢 香 |
| Nickname: | Sayaka-chan |
| Nation: |
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| Date of birth: | March 24, 1985 |
| Place of birth: | Kanuma , Japan |
| Size: | 158 cm |
| Weight: | 54 kg |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Best world ranking : | 10 (August 2011) |
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Sayaka Hirano ( Japanese 平野 早 矢 香 , Hirano Sayaka ; born March 24, 1985 in Kanuma , Tochigi Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis player . She won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics .
Career
At the age of five, Sayaka Hirano began to play table tennis under the guidance of her mother. In 2001 she became Japanese youth champion. In this year she also made her first international appearances, once at Pro Tour tournaments, and on the other hand she was nominated for the 2001 World Cup . Since then (until 2013) she has participated in all World Cups. Here she won bronze four times with the Japanese women's team, namely in 2004 , 2006 , 2008 and 2010 . She won several titles at the national championships of Japan : five times in singles (2003, 2004, 2006 to 2008) and in 2008 in doubles with Kasumi Ishikawa .
In 2008 she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games , where she finished fourth in the team competition. In 2012 the team won silver.
She has been playing for the Austrian club SVS Ströck since 2015 .
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2005 | Jeju-do | COR | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2003 | Bangkok | THA | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2011 | Changsha | CHN | 9th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2009 | Hangzhou | CHN | 7th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2008 | Sapporo | JPN | 11th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Cup | 2004 | Kitakyushu | JPN | 6th place | |||
| JPN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | no participants | 2 | ||
| JPN | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 32 | 4th | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Stockholm | SWE | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Berlin | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Spała | POLE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Suzhou | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Incheon City | COR | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2013 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Poznań | POLE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Bremen | GER | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Shanghai | CHN | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Incheon City | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2012 | Velenje | SLO | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Schwechat | AUT | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Santiago de Chile | CHI | Semifinals | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Rabat | MAR | silver | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Incheon | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Shenzen | CHN | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Almeria | ESP | gold | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Władysławowo | POLE | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Budaörs | HUN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Suzhou | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Incheon | COR | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Cairo | EGY | last 16 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | New Delhi | IND | gold | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Wakayama | JPN | silver | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | gold | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2009 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | 5 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | last 16 | 3 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | Semifinals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 16 | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | last 16 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Santiago | CHI | silver | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Belgrade | SRB | gold | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Santiago | CHI | last 32 | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Sao Paulo | BRA | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Jeonju | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Santiago | CHI | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Taipei | TPE | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2005 | Suncheon | COR | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Wuxi | CHN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 32 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Kobe | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Rio | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2002 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 64 | |||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Farum | THE | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2011 | London | CLOSELY | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2010 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2009 | Macau | MAC | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2006 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 5 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 16 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
| JPN | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | last 32 | last 64 | |
| JPN | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 32 | last 64 | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 3 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | |||
| JPN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | no participants | no participants | last 64 | |
| JPN | World cup | 2013 | Kobe | JPN | 9-12. space | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 2 | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2011 | Singapore | SIN | 9-12. space | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2010 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 13-16. space | |||
| JPN | World cup | 2009 | Guangzhou | CHN | 9-12. space | |||
| JPN | Youth World Championship | 2003 | Santiago | CHI | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 2 |
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Quarter finals | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit | 2002 | Platja d'Aro | ESP | gold | |||
| JPN | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2002 | Stockholm | SWE | 5-6th | |||
| JPN | WTC World Team Cup | 2013 | Guangzhou | CHN | 2 | |||
| JPN | WTC World Team Cup | 2009 | Linz | AUT | 3rd place |
Individual evidence
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2015/8 page 7
- ↑ Sayaka Hirano results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)
literature
- Interview with Sayaka Hirano , Butterfly News from August 1, 2010
Web links
- Sayaka Hirano biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)
- Sayaka Hirano Article about Sayaka Hirano on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)
- Sayaka Hirano in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 27, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hirano, Sayaka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 福 原 愛 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kanuma |