Miu Hirano

Miu Hirano
Nationality  Japan
Born April 14, 2000
Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Highest ranking 33 (March 2014)[1]
Current ranking 44 (October 2014)
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight 45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st)[2]
Miu Hirano in September 2011

Miu Hirano (平野 美宇 Hirano Miu) (born April 14, 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[6]

In March 2014 she, together with Mima Ito, won the doubles title at German Open. They were both 13 at the time. Thus they became the youngest-ever winners of a doubles competition in the ITTF World Tour.[4][7] She was in the national team of the 2014 Asian Games, making appearance on the gold medal match of the team event against China.

References

  1. ↑ "World Ranking - HIRANO Miu". ITTF. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Table tennis - Junior World Championships - Women's Team 2013 season results". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
    "China successfully defends World Junior Table Tennis Team titles". insidethegames.biz. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Table Tennis Japanese 13-year-olds make history at German Open". Sport Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  5. ↑ "Miyu Kato Completes Doubles, Cadet Title Added to Earlier Junior Success". ITTF. 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Miu Hirano – one of the worlds’ most promising young girls signs with STIGA!". Stiga Table Tennis. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  7. ↑ "13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History on the ITTF World Tour". Around The Rings. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

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