Miyuki Maeda

Miyuki Maeda
Miyuki Maeda
	Miyuki Maeda at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	14 October 1985 (age 39); Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD 15 September 2011); 20 (XD 6 March 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
	BWF profile

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]

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