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Japanese trampoline gymnast
Megu Uyama
Born (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 29)
HometownKanazawa, Japan
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Country representedJapan
ClubSports Club Tenforty
Head coach(es)Toshio Harada
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Saint Petersburg Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Individual Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia Synchro
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia Individual Team

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.

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. She was also part of the Japanese team that won the gold at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

Uyama was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the women's trampoline final where she finished fifth.

She graduated from Kanazawa Gakuin University with a degree in Sport Studies in 2018.

References

  1. ^ "UYAMA Megu - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). January 12, 2021.
  2. "Historic Japanese win amid successful title defences at FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships". Inside The Games. November 9, 2018.
  3. "Hikaru Mori, Megu Uyama become first Japanese women to take gold at trampoline world championships". The Japan Times. November 18, 2018.
  4. "Belarus and Japan earn shock victories at FIG Trampoline World Championships". Inside The Games. November 29, 2019.
  5. "五輪代表、石川勢２０人視野　前回「東京」抜き最多　トランポリン岸、宇山「当確」" [20 Olympic representatives from Ishikawa, more than previous Tokyo Games, Kishi, Uyama "certainly"]. The Hokkoku Shimbun (in Japanese). June 9, 2021.
  6. "Trampoline Gymnastics Women's Final Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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