HIRAIWA Yuna

Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
21 Nov 1998
22
Female
TOKYO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
GAR Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around  
Women's Vault  
Women's Uneven Bars  
Women's Balance Beam  
Women's Floor Exercise  
Women's Team
JPN
Japan
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Women
Women's Team Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Japanese
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Toda Sports Club [Japan]
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Hikaru Tanaka [national], JPN; Risa Toyoshima [personal], JPN from 2019
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She fractured a metacarpal bone in her right middle finger during training at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, People's Republic of China and withdrew from the event. (news.tv-asahi.co.jp, 16 Jun 2021)
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She took up the sport at age six. (mainichi.jp, 07 May 2021)
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"Make your choice the right answer." (Instagram profile, 14 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
SPORTING COMEBACK
Her training was disrupted for two years after she suffered a fractured right middle finger that forced her to withdraw from the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, People's Republic of China. In 2016 she decided to continue her sporting career at the Mukogawa Women's University in Nishinomiya, Japan and she was encouraged to aim for the national team by a coach at university. She finished 55th at the 2018 All Japan Championships and the following year began training with coach Risa Toyoshima, who represented Japan at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. "In 2018 I liked gymnastics but I was afraid to practise. However, after I finished sixth at the 2020 All Japan Championships, the fear was gone. I was happy to be able to do the artistic gymnastics how I had always wanted to do it and I then began thinking about the Olympic Games." (info.mukogawa-u.ac.jp, 24 Aug 2021; daily.co.jp, 18 Apr 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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