Mai Murakami is a Japanese retired artistic gymnast and Olympic medalist.
36 Facts About Mai Murakami
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Mai Murakami is the 2017 and 2021 World champion on floor exercise, the 2018 World all-around silver medalist and floor exercise bronze medalist, the 2021 World balance beam bronze medalist, and a four-time Japanese national all-around champion.
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Mai Murakami represented Japan at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, winning a bronze medal on floor exercise in the latter.
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Mai Murakami attended university at the Nippon Sport Science University in Tokyo.
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Mai Murakami made her senior debut at the 2012 National Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around.
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Mai Murakami was not named to the 2012 Olympic team.
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Mai Murakami competed at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup where Japan finished second to Russia.
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Mai Murakami competed at the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy where she won bronze with the Japanese team and placed 22nd in the all-around.
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Mai Murakami finished third in the all-around at both the National Championships and the NHK Cup.
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Mai Murakami finished fourth on the floor exercise at the 2013 World Championships.
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Mai Murakami competed at the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships placing fourth with the team, sixth on floor, seventh on bars and beam, and ninth in the all-around.
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Mai Murakami placed sixth in the all-around at the National Championships and fourth at the NHK Cup.
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Mai Murakami was then selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships along with Asuka Teramoto, Yu Minobe, Natsumi Sasada, Wakana Inoue, and Azumi Ishikura, and they finished in eighth place.
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At the 2015 National Championships, Mai Murakami struggled on beam and floor and placed tenth in the all-around.
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Mai Murakami placed eighth in the all-around at the NHK Cup, but at the Event Championships she won bronze on vault and gold on floor.
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Mai Murakami was initially named an alternate for the World Championships, but an injury led to her joining the team.
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Mai Murakami competed at the American Cup where she placed sixth in the all-around.
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Mai Murakami then won the all-around at the National Championships in addition to winning gold on floor and bronze on vault and beam.
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Mai Murakami was then named to represent Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics along with Asuka Teramoto, Aiko Sugihara, Yuki Uchiyama, and Sae Miyakawa.
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Mai Murakami placed fourteenth in the all-around final with a score of 56.665.
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Mai Murakami then placed seventh in the floor exercise final with a score of 14.533.
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Mai Murakami won the all-around at the National Championships in addition to winning gold on beam and floor and winning silver on vault.
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Mai Murakami won the all-around at the NHK Cup and won gold on beam and floor and bronze on vault and uneven bars.
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Mai Murakami was then automatically named to the World Championship team along with Aiko Sugihara.
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Mai Murakami then won silver on floor and placed fifth on vault at the Event National Championships.
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Mai Murakami redeemed herself in the floor exercise finals, where she placed first ahead of Jade Carey and Claudia Fragapane.
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Mai Murakami is Japan's first World gold medalist on this event, and Japan's second World gold medalist on any women's gymnastics event, after Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda won the gold on the balance beam in 1954.
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Mai Murakami finished second at the American Cup behind Morgan Hurd.
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Mai Murakami then won the all-around at the Tokyo World Cup.
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Mai Murakami won gold on balance beam and floor exercise at the Event National Championships.
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Mai Murakami then won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Biles and Morgan Hurd.
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Mai Murakami won a bronze medal in the all-around at the American Cup behind Americans Leanne Wong and Grace McCallum.
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Mai Murakami missed the NHK Cup due to a back injury, but because of this, Mai Murakami was deemed ineligible to make the Japanese team for the World Championships.
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On 2 August 2021, Mai Murakami achieved a score of 14.166 for the individual women's floor event and won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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Mai Murakami became the first female Japanese gymnast to win an individual medal at the Olympics.
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In October 2021, Mai Murakami competed at the 2021 World Championships, where she won gold on the floor exercise and bronze on the balance beam.