Miyuki Maeda

Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, Maeda Miyuki, born 14 October 1985) is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games,[1] and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.[2]

Miyuki Maeda
Miyuki Maeda at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1985-10-14) 14 October 1985
Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD 15 September 2011)
20 (XD 6 March 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
2011 London Women's doubles
2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Uber Cup
2014 New Delhi Women's team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
2006 Doha Women's team
2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
2009 Suwon Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010.[3] On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010.

In the mixed doubles Maeda competed with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010.

Awards

In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League.[2]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Satoko Suetsuna Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 8–21, 15–21 Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Reika Kakiiwa Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 8–21, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Noriyasu Hirata Yoo Yeon-seong
Kim Min-jung		 15–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[5] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Indonesia Open Satoko Suetsuna Vita Marissa
Liliyana Natsir		 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2009 Japan Open Satoko Suetsuna Ma Jin
Wang Xiaoli		 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2010 Swiss Open Satoko Suetsuna Tian Qing
Yu Yang		 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2010 Denmark Open Satoko Suetsuna Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito		 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2011 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Mizuki Fujii
Reika Kakiiwa		 26–24, 21–15 Winner
2012 China Open Satoko Suetsuna Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 19–21, 7–14 retired Runner-up
2013 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 12–21, 23–21, 21–18 Winner
2014 Japan Open Reika Kakiiwa Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Satoko Suetsuna Aki Akao
Tomomi Matsuda		 16–21, 21–14, 21–15 Winner
2008 German Open Satoko Suetsuna Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won		 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2008 India Open Satoko Suetsuna Cheng Wen-hsing
Chien Yu-chin		 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Satoko Suetsuna Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito		 21–18, 21–13 Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Satoko Suetsuna Shinta Mulia Sari
Yao Lei		 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Keita Masuda Howard Bach
Eva Lee		 19–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Osaka International Keita Masuda Cho Gun-woo
Hong Soo-jung		 21–10, 21–9 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[6]

Satoko Suetsuna

References
  1. "Miyuki Maeda Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. "Maeda Miyuki". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. "Badminton World Federation – BWF World Ranking – BWF世界排名榜". Bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  5. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. "Miyuki Maeda head to Head". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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