HAMADA Mayu

Japan

Taekwondo

Date of Birth: 31 Jan 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SAGA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : SAGA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Women -57kg	11

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -57kg Round of 16 #203 NIG BEN YESSOUF TBEN YESSOUF Tekiath 11 PTF JPN HAMADA MHAMADA Mayu 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	-57kg	2012	London, GBR
Quarterfinal	-57kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-57kg	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS
2	-57kg	2013	Puebla, MEX
Quarterfinal	-57kg	2017	Muju, KOR
2nd Round	-53kg	2011	Gyeongju, KOR

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-57kg	2016	Baku, AZE

Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Round 1	-57kg	2018	Manchester, GBR

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Economics - Tokuyama University, Yamaguchi, JPN

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Miki House [Yamaguchi, JPN]

Coach:

Hiroyuki Yamashita [national], JPN; Koga Tsuyoshi [personal], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her older brother Yasuhiro has represented Japan in taekwondo, and competed in the -74kg category at the 2019 World Championships in Manchester, England. Her younger brother Issei has also competed in the sport at international level, including in the -63kg category at the 2017 World Championships in Muju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Oct 2020; tokyo-sports.co.jp, 23 May 2015; number.bunshun.jp, 23 Feb 2019; nikkansports.com, 04 Feb 2020)

Start:

She took up taekwondo in the first grade of primary school in Saga, Japan. (hochi.co.jp, 20 May 2015; nishinippon.co.jp, 11 Jan 2012)

Reason:

She was inspired by her older brother who was already involved in the sport. (nishinippon.co.jp, 11 Jan 2012)

Ambition:

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sagatv.co.jp, 21 Apr 2021)

Award:

In 2015 she was given a Special Award by the Kyushu Association of Sports Journalists in Japan. (saga-s.co.jp, 28 Jan 2016)

She received the Big Sports Rookie Award at the 2013 TV Asahi Big Sports Award Ceremony in Japan. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 21 Jan 2014)

She received a Special Award at the 2013 and 2012 Saga Sports Award Ceremony in Japan. (bestamenity.jugem.jp, 10 Feb 2014; saga-s.co.jp, 26 Oct 2012)

Milestones

She became the first female Japanese taekwondo athlete to win a medal in the -57kg category at the world championships, when she claimed silver at the 2013 edition of the tournament in Puebla, Mexico. She then became the first female Japanese taekwondo athlete to win gold in the -57kg category at the world championships, when she was victorious at the 2015 edition in Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Feb 2016; tokuyama-u.ac.jp, 10 Dec 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/mayu.hamada.94

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score

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