Miwako Yamaura
Japan
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STJPN21206199801 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 12 Jun 1998
in Saku  |
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| Gender | Women |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Higher education | Nursing - Saku University : Japan |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 44.849 | 02 Nov 2019 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:32.057 | 03 Nov 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:33.988 | 06 Feb 2015 |  Dresden |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| 3000m Relay | 2 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Tochigi Sports Association: Japan | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | She was encouraged by her older brother Hiroaki, who had switched from speed skating to short track. | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating in the first grade of primary school, and started focusing on short track in grade six. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "If you have an aspiration, it will come true." (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019) | |
| Hobbies | Listening to music. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Feb 2020) | |
| Most influential person in career | Her parents. (sakudaira.info, 27 May 2019; town.sakuho.nagano.jp, 01 Dec 2017) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (sponichi.co.jp, 24 May 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Keiichiro Nagashima [national], JPN |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2016/2017 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 3 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 3 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 6 | |||
| 2013/2014 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 7 | |||
| 2012/2013 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 9 | |||
| 2013/2014 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 18 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 25 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 25 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 3000m Relay | 7 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 2000m Relay | 9 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 1500m | 21 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Erzurum | 1000m | 23 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Shanghai | 500m | 28 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Shanghai | 1000m | 29 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Dresden | 500m | 31 | |||
| 2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 31 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Dresden | 1500m | 38 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 45 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 49 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 53 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 64 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 65 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 67 | |||