Megu Uyama | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Kanazawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sports Club Tenforty | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Toshio Harada | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Megu Uyama (宇山芽紅, born 14 January 1996) is a Japanese individual and synchronized trampoline gymnast, who has represented her country at four World Championships, as well as the 2018 Asian Games.[1]
Uyama won the gold medal in the women's synchro event alongside Hikaru Mori at the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first female gymnasts from Japan to win a World Championship gold in trampolining.[2][3] She was also part of the Japanese team that won the gold at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.[4]
Uyama was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She qualified to the women's trampoline final where she finished fifth.[6]
She graduated from Kanazawa Gakuin University with a degree in Sport Studies in 2018.[1]