MIKAMI Sayaka

World Championships

Year	Location	3m Springboard
2019	Gwangju, KOR	5th (323.05)

Asian Games

Year	Location	3m Springboard	3m Synchro W
2018	Indonesia	4th (321.60)	5th (249.90)

World Cup

Year	Location	3m Springboard
2021	Tokyo, JPN	6th (307.20)

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Springboard	3m Synchro
2019	1 x 12th	-
2018	1 x 10th	1 x 5th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3m Springboard	10m Platform	3m Synchro
2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 9th	-	-
2018	1 x 18th	1 x 14th	-
2017	-	1 x 10th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	272.40
2	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	Grand Prix	San Juan, PUR	256.68
3	2019	3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Singapore, SIN	303.15
3	2017	Synchronised 3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	235.80
4	2019	3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	303.80
5	2018	Synchronised 3m Springboard	World Series	Fuji, JPN	279.40
9	2019	3m Springboard	Grand Prix	Madrid, ESP	240.45
10	2018	3m Springboard	World Series	Fuji, JPN	279.30
10	2017	10m Platform	Grand Prix	San Juan, PUR	263.30
12	2019	3m Springboard	World Series	Sagamihara, JPN	254.95

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Reading, listening to music, spending time with her dog. (Instagram profile, 05 Jun 2020; hochi.news, 18 Jan 2020)

Student

Physical Education - Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Yonago DC [Japan]

Takamichi Nomura [national], JPN; Chimaki Yasuda [personal, club], JPN, from 2010

2014 for Japan (chuco.co.jp, 01 Jul 2016)

She suffered a sprained ankle in March 2019 and could not train or compete for three weeks. (nikkei.com, 30 Nov 2019)

She damaged a ligament in her left elbow during training in May 2018. She returned to competitive action at the end of July 2018. (hochi.news, 18 Jan 2020; mainichi.jp, 12 Jan 2020; yomiuri.co.jp, 01 Jan 2019)

In July 2017 she hit her head on the springboard while performing a dive and needed 17 stitches to a wound. The injury also left her concussed and caused her to experience memory loss. (olympics.com, 07 Feb 2021)

In 2015 she developed lumbar spondylosis, which caused pain in her lower back. As a consequence, she took a break from the sport for almost a year. (yomiuri.co.jp, 01 Jan 2019)

She began diving in the second grade of primary school. (chuco.co.jp, 01 Jul 2016)

After getting involved in swimming and artistic gymnastics, she received a leaflet about a diving class at primary school and her mother encouraged her to try it. (olympics.com, 07 Feb 2021; chuco.co.jp, 01 Jul 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 21 Mar 2021; hochi.news, 18 Jan 2020)

"If you aim for either bronze or silver, you will win neither. I want to win gold. I like to be number one." (hochi.news, 18 Jan 2020)

She received a Sports Special Award at the 2014 Yonago Sports Association Awards in Japan. (city.yonago.lg.jp, 01 Apr 2015)