1. Shoko Miyata is the 2022 World bronze medalist on the balance beam as well as the 2022 Asian Championships silver medalist on vault and floor exercise.
28 Facts About Shoko Miyata
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Shoko Miyata was set to represent Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but withdrew from the Games after she admitted to smoking and drinking in violation of team rules.
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Shoko Miyata made her international debut at the 2018 International Gymnix competition in Montreal where she placed tenth in the all-around.
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Individually, Shoko Miyata won bronze on vault behind Qi Qi of China and compatriot Ayumi Niiyama.
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Shoko Miyata finished 28th in the all-around during the qualification round of the 2019 All-Japan Championships.
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Shoko Miyata was selected to represent Japan at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Hazuki Watanabe and Chiaki Hatakeda.
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Individually, Shoko Miyata finished 18th in the all-around and was the highest-placing Japanese female gymnast, and she was the first reserve for the vault final.
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Shoko Miyata then placed 23rd in the all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships.
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Shoko Miyata became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2020 and made her senior international debut at the Melbourne World Cup.
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Shoko Miyata finished third on vault behind Jade Carey and Coline Devillard.
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Shoko Miyata finished 36th in the all-around during the qualification round of the All-Japan Championships.
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Shoko Miyata then won a silver medal on the vault behind Mai Murakami at the All-Japan Event Championships.
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Shoko Miyata led her club to the bronze medal at the All-Japan Team Championships and had the highest score in the all-around.
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Shoko Miyata began the season with a second-place finish at the All-Japan Championships.
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Shoko Miyata then won the all-around title at the NHK Trophy, becoming the first high schooler to win the women's event in seven years.
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Shoko Miyata contributed scores of 14.400 on vault, 13.233 on balance beam, and 13.700 on the floor exercise towards Japan's seventh place finish in the team final.
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Shoko Miyata then finished eighth in the all-around final, fifth in the vault final, and eighth in the floor final.
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Shoko Miyata competed at the All-Japan Championships despite a stress fracture in her right heel, and she finished second behind Hazuki Watanabe.
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Shoko Miyata then won her second consecutive NHK Trophy title and was selected for the World Championships team.
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Shoko Miyata won the vault title at the All-Japan Event Championships and placed seventh on the balance beam.
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Shoko Miyata competed at the World University Games where she helped Japan finish second as a team behind China.
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Shoko Miyata withdrew from the all-around final after the third rotation, but she still competed in the event finals.
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Shoko Miyata won gold on vault, bronze on floor exercise, and placed fourth on balance beam.
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Shoko Miyata began the season with her first All-Japan Championships victory.
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Shoko Miyata won the gold medal in the all-around and was selected for the Japanese Olympic team alongside Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, Mana Okamura, and Kohane Ushioku.
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Shoko Miyata was forced to leave the Olympic team before the start of the Paris Games after allegations surfaced that she had been smoking, in violation of the team's conduct code.
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On 19 July 2024 the Japan Gymnastics Association announced that Shoko Miyata had admitted to smoking and drinking, and would be withdrawing from the Games.
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Shoko Miyata was 19 at the time, which is under Japan's legal smoking and drinking age of 20.