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===2017===
===2017===
On 22 January 2017, she won All Japan Championships by defeating [[Kasumi Ishikawa]] 4-2 in the final at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/01/22/breaking-news-hirano-wins-japan-championships/</ref> On 14 April 2017, she defeated the world ranked No.1 player [[Ding Ning]] at the 2017 ITTF [[Asian Table Tennis Championships]]. <ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/14/hurricane-hirano-shocks-olympic-world-champion-ding-ning-asian-championships/</ref> The following day of the tournament, she defeated the world ranked No.2 player [[Zhu Yuling]] in the Semifinals <ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/hurricane-hirano-gale-force-blows-away-zhu-yuling/</ref> and [[Chen Meng]] world ranked No.5 in the Finals, where she set a new record for the youngest winner of the Asian Championships in the Singles Event. She became the third non-Chinese player to win the title.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/marvelous-miu-magical-ways/</ref>
On 22 January 2017, she won All Japan Championships by defeating [[Kasumi Ishikawa]] 4-2 in the final at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/01/22/breaking-news-hirano-wins-japan-championships/</ref>
On 14 April 2017, she defeated the world ranked No.1 player [[Ding Ning]] at the 2017 ITTF [[Asian Table Tennis Championships]]. <ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/14/hurricane-hirano-shocks-olympic-world-champion-ding-ning-asian-championships/</ref> The following day of the tournament, she defeated the world ranked No.2 player [[Zhu Yuling]] in the Semifinals <ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/hurricane-hirano-gale-force-blows-away-zhu-yuling/</ref> and [[Chen Meng]] world ranked No.5 in the Finals, where she set a new record for the youngest winner of the Asian Championships in the Singles Event. She became the third non-Chinese player ever and the first non-Chinese player since Chire Koyama in 1996 to win the Singles title.<ref>http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/marvelous-miu-magical-ways/</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

Revision as of 22:55, 16 April 2017

Miu Hirano
Nationality Japan
Born (2000-04-14) April 14, 2000 (age 24)
Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, Shakehand grip, Counter Driver
Equipment(s)Stiga Clipper Wood, Butterfly Tenergy
Highest ranking9 (November 2016)[2]
Current ranking11 (December 2016)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Philadelphia Singles
All Japan Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tokyo Singles
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wuxi Singles
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cape Town Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Rabat Team
ITTF World Tour
Gold medal – first place 2014 German Open Doubles[3]
Gold medal – first place 2014 Spanish Open Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Grand Finals Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Korean Open Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Polish Open Singles
Polish Junior and Cadet Open
Gold medal – first place 2013 Wladyslawowo Junior team[4]
Miu Hirano in September 2011

Miu Hirano (平野 美宇, Hirano Miu) (born April 14, 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[5]

Career

2014

On March 2014, she and Mima Ito won their first doubles title at ITTF World Tour German Open. They became the youngest ever winners of the doubles competition in the ITTF World Tour.[3][6] She was part of the Japanese team in 2014 Asian Games, but lost to China in Final.

On April 2014 she won her second doubles title with Mima Ito at the ITTF World Tour Spanish open.[7]

On December 2014, she won the doubles title with Mima Ito at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok. The pair defeated Singapore pair of Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu in semi-finals and Poland pair of Katarzyna Grzybowska and Natalia Partyka in final. [8]

2015

On 5 July 2015, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito won the Women’s Doubles title at ITTF World Tour Korean Open. [9] This is their third double titles since year 2014.

2016

On April 2016, she won her first women´s singles title in ITTF World Tour Polish Open by defeating Yu Mengyu in the Final.[10]

On 9 October 2016, with the absence of Chinese players, she seizes the opportunity to win the Women's World Cup in Philadelphia, USA after defeating Mima Ito in the quarterfinals, Feng Tianwei in the semi-final and Cheng I-ching in the final. This marks the youngest women's World Cup Champion and the first non-Chinese player to win the title.[11]

2017

On 22 January 2017, she won All Japan Championships by defeating Kasumi Ishikawa 4-2 in the final at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.[12] On 14 April 2017, she defeated the world ranked No.1 player Ding Ning at the 2017 ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships. [13] The following day of the tournament, she defeated the world ranked No.2 player Zhu Yuling in the Semifinals [14] and Chen Meng world ranked No.5 in the Finals, where she set a new record for the youngest winner of the Asian Championships in the Singles Event. She became the third non-Chinese player ever and the first non-Chinese player since Chire Koyama in 1996 to win the Singles title.[15]

Awards

  • 2016: ITTF Breakthrough Star of the Year[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ^ "World Ranking - HIRANO Miu". ITTF. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Table Tennis Japanese 13-year-olds make history at German Open". Sport Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. ^ "Miyu Kato Completes Doubles, Cadet Title Added to Earlier Junior Success". ITTF. 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  5. ^ "Miu Hirano – one of the worlds' most promising young girls signs with STIGA!". Stiga Table Tennis. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  6. ^ "13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History on the ITTF World Tour". Around The Rings. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  7. ^ "Maturity Beyond Years, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito Repeat Magdeburg Success". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  8. ^ "At A Glance: Japanese Teenagers Create History in Bangkok". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  9. ^ "Gold for Miu Hirano and Mima Ito, Youngest Final Ever". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  10. ^ "Result of Previous Month Reversed, Miu Hirano Wins in Poland". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  11. ^ "Miu Hirano responds to occasion, writes history, wins Seamaster Women's World Cup". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  12. ^ http://www.ittf.com/2017/01/22/breaking-news-hirano-wins-japan-championships/
  13. ^ http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/14/hurricane-hirano-shocks-olympic-world-champion-ding-ning-asian-championships/
  14. ^ http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/hurricane-hirano-gale-force-blows-away-zhu-yuling/
  15. ^ http://www.ittf.com/2017/04/15/marvelous-miu-magical-ways/
  16. ^ "Table Tennis: Hirano wins ITTF Breakthrough Star award". Mainichi Shimbun. 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
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