Megu Uyama
Country represented Japan
Born (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996
HometownKanazawa, Japan
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
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.[1]

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.[2][3] She was also part of the Japanese team that won the gold at the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.[4]

Uyama was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She qualified to the women’s trampoline final where she finished fifth.[6]

She graduated from Kanazawa Gakuin University with a degree in Sport Studies in 2018.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "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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