Mima Ito
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| Nationality |
 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
21 October 2000 Shizuoka Prefecture[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed, Shakehand grip, Counter Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Nittaku Acoustic Carbon, Nittaku Moristo SP, Nittaku Fastarc G-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 9 (June 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 11 (December 2015)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mima Ito (伊藤 美誠 Itō Mima) (born 21 October 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player.[3][4]
At the age of ten, she became the youngest person to win a match at the Japanese senior table tennis championships[1][5] and the youngest person to win an ITTF Junior Circuit tournament.[6] At eleven she defeated the player ranked 50th in the world at the time.[7]At the age of 14, she moved in June 2015 for the first time into the Top 10 in the world rankings before by repressed Han Ying and Chen Meng, reaching World Rank No.9.
In March 2014 she, together with Miu Hirano, won the doubles' title at German Open. They were both 13 at the time. Thus they became the youngest-ever winners of a doubles competition in the ITTF World Tour.[8][9]
In April 2014 she won again with Miu Hirano, a double title at the ITTF World Tour in Spain.[10]
In Dezember 2014 she won again the doubles with Miu Hirano at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok against the Singaporean partnership Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyuand, at that moment Miu Hirano and Mima Ito became the youngest players winning the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.[11]
In March 2015 she won, after beating Shan Xiaona, Che Xiaoxi and Feng Tianwei, the singles' title at German Open against Petrissa Solja.[12]
On the 5th July 2015 Mima Ito and Miu Hirano won the Women’s Doubles title at the ITTF World Tour on the Korea Open in the city of Incheon.[13]
In Dezember 2015 the 2015 ITTF Star Awards, a Breakthrough Star Award presented by TMS International was given out to Japan’s Mima Ito.[14]
In September 2015 it was announced that she will be part of the Japanese National Team at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio.[15]
References
- 1 2 "８年後に五輪 狙う小５ 伊藤美誠（卓球）". The Asahi Shimbun Digital. 2012-01-26. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "World Ranking - ITO Mima". ITTF. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- ↑ "Most table tennis counter hits in one minute". Guinness World Records Limited. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
"Japan's 12-year-old table tennis prodigy eyes Olympics". 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
"Elfjährige Japanerin mischt Tischtennis-Szene auf - Wunderkind Mima Ito". Krone.at. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-28. - ↑ "Table tennis - Junior World Championships - Women's Team 2013 season results". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "TABLE TENNIS / The kids are all right -- grade-schoolers tearing up pingpong tables". Asahi Shimbun. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "12-year-old Mima ITO was the hero in Taipei". European Table Tennis Union. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Tischtennis: Elfjährige besiegt Nummer 50 der Welt". Spiegel Online. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Table Tennis Japanese 13-year-olds make history at German Open". Sport Asia. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History on the ITTF World Tour". Around The Rings. 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ "Maturity Beyond Years, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito Repeat Magdeburg Success". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "At A Glance: Japanese Teenagers Create History in Bangkok". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ http://www.mytischtennis.de/public/buntes/5795/das-rekordkind--mima-ito-auf-dem-weg-zum-olympiasieg
- ↑ "Gold for Miu Hirano and Mima Ito, Youngest Final Ever". Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor. 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "Teenager Ito earns table tennis accolade". Kyodo, The Japan Times. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "Mima Ito Nominated For Rio 2016". Romina Concha, tabletennista.com. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
External links
- Mima Ito's ITTF ranking
- List of articles about Mima Ito provided by the ITTF website
- Mima Ito's Official Facebook
- Mima Ito's Sponsoring Nittaku Japan
- Mima Ito's Sponsoring Mizuno Japan
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