MATSUBARA Rie

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Group AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8
2012	London, GBR	7

World Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5C	Gr-5H	Gr-5Ri	Gr-5B	Gr-3B/2Ri	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3C/2H	Gr-3H/2C	Gr-3Ri/2H	Gr-3Ri/2Ro
2019	Baku, AZE	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-
2018	Sofia, BUL	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
2017	Pesaro, ITA	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
2015	Stuttgart, GER	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
2014	Izmir, TUR	8	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Kiev, UKR	8	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Montpellier, FRA	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro
2017	Astana, KAZ	1	1	1

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3H/2C	Gr-3H/4C
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd	-	-	1 x 6th	1 x 2nd
2019	1 x 1st	2 x 2nd	-	-	2 x 4th	1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 2nd	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st	-	-
2017	1 x 6th	-	1 x 4th	1 x 5th	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	49.250
1	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Sofia, BUL	18.800
2	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	39.700
2	2021	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	35.800
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Baku, AZE	24.450
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	23.250
2	2018	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	38.700
2	2018	Group - 5x Hoop	Sofia, BUL	19.800
3	2021	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	70.650
3	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	43.800
3	2019	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	46.800
3	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	24.950
3	2019	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	23.600
3	2018	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	35.550

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Athlete, Office Worker

Asian Studies - Kokushikan University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings [Japan]

Hiroko Yamasaki [national], JPN (sanspo.com, 11 Sep 2018 )

She fractured the fifth metatarsal of her left foot during ball training at the end of January 2020 and required a minimum two months of recovery. (sp.mainichi.jp, 16 Feb 2020)

2012 (sponichi.co.jp, 29 Jun 2012)

She began the sport at age three. (fairyjapan.p1.bindsite.jp, 06 May 2012)

She was watching a TV programme for children and saw a lady dancing with a ribbon, which inspired her to take up gymnastics. (fairyjapan.p1.bindsite.jp, 06 May 2012)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mainichi.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 20 Jul 2018)

"Continuation is power." (tv-asahi.co.jp, 20 Jul 2018)

In 2019 she and her teammates [Sayuri Sugimoto, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Sakura Noshitani and Kiko Yokota] were presented with Best Gymnast Award by the Japan Gymnastics Association. They became the first Japanese team in 44 years to win a medal in the group all-around at the world championships following their silver at the 2019 edition in Baku, Azerbaijan. (jiji.com, 21 Dec 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 11 Jan 2020)

In 2018 she received an Excellence Award from the Japan Gymnastics Association. (gifu-np.co.jp, 20 Jan 2019)

She was presented with the Gifu Prefecture Honorary Award in Japan in 2016. (pref.gifu.lg.jp, 29 Aug 2017)

In 2015 she received the Gifu Prefecture Culture and Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (ameblo.jp/alfagifu, 21 Feb 2015)