Mima Ito

Mima Ito
Ito in 2017
Personal information
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)
Iwata, Japan[1]
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip, counter driver
Equipment(s)Nittaku Acoustic Carbon, Nittaku Moristo SP, Nittaku Fastarc G-1
Highest ranking2 (April 2020)[3]
Current ranking9 (8 October 2024)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 0 6 1
World Cup 0 2 1
Total 1 9 4
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Houston Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Chengdu Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Weihai Singles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Astana Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Pattaya Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Pattaya Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wuxi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Astana Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cape Town Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hyderabad Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Rabat Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Shanghai Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Shanghai Doubles

Mima Ito (伊藤 美誠, Itō Mima, born 21 October 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[5][6] She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics at age 15. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the inaugural mixed doubles event, bronze in women's singles, and silver in the women's team event.

Often termed as the 'greatest threat' to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women's table tennis.[7] She has a winning record against several top Chinese players, including world champion Liu Shiwen, former world no. 1 Zhu Yuling, and world junior champion Qian Tianyi. Her signature playing style entails lethal shovel serves, fast short-pimpled backhand punches, and flat forehand smashes.[8] In March 2020 at the Qatar Open, Ito Mima recorded a 4–0 win against reigning Olympic champion Ding Ning in the semifinals. Notably, she won the third set 11–0, the first time a non-Chinese player won a set 11–0 against a Chinese player.[9]

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  2. ^ "伊藤美誠/Mima ITO". olympics.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ "ITTF World Ranking Profile – Ito Mima". ITTF. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Most table tennis counter hits in one minute". Guinness World Records Limited. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
    "Japan's 12-year-old table tennis prodigy eyes Olympics". 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
    "Elfjährige Japanerin mischt Tischtennis-Szene auf – Wunderkind Mima Ito". Krone.at. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Table tennis – Junior World Championships – Women's Team 2013 season results". The-sports.org. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  7. ^ "'Fatty' Liu sets table for China success". 9 December 2018.
  8. ^ "扫除强敌/国乒金花"围剿"伊藤美诚 _大公网". www.takungpao.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "被打0–11！丁宁0–4遭伊藤横扫 无缘卡塔尔赛决赛". 7 March 2020.