Miu Hirano

Miu Hirano
Hirano at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 24)
Numazu, Japan[1]
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip, counter driver
Equipment(s)Butterfly Viscaria FL (blade), Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (FH, black), Butterfly Tenergy 05 (BH, red)
Highest ranking5 (July 2017)[3]
Current ranking18 (20 February 2024)[4]
ClubKinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (T.League)[5]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Halmstad Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Philadelphia Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wuxi Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Pattaya Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Pattaya Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Team

Miu Hirano (平野 美宇, Hirano Miu) (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[6][7] She won Women's World Cup in 2016 as the youngest ever winner. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships by sweeping away three top Chinese players. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in women's team event.[8]

  1. ^ "平野美宇が史上最年少Ｖ リオ五輪落選の雪辱に涙". www.nikkansports.com (in Japanese). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference tleague was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Rankings". ittf.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ^ "2022-2023シーズン選手 平野 美宇 Miu Hirano". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 Dec 2022.
  6. ^ "Miu Hirano – one of the worlds' most promising young girls signs with STIGA!". Stiga Table Tennis. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Table Tennis HIRANO Miu - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 August 2021.