Mei Miura

Mei Miura
三浦 芽依
Born (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 26)
Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
SDHL team
Former teams		 AIK Hockey
Toyota Cygnus
National team  Japan
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk

Mei Miura (三浦 芽依, みうら めい, Miura Mei, born 16 November 1998) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey Dam.

International play

As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2015 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and the 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division 1A.

With the Japanese national under-25 team, she won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk. She was Japan's third-highest scorer, earning 6 points on two goals and four assists.

Miura made her national senior team debut at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, at which she notched her first senior-level point – a goal assisted by Rui Ukita against France in the preliminary round. She has subsequently participated in the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 2021 and 2023.[1][2]

Miura represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

References

  1. ^ "女子世界選手権 日本代表メンバー決定". jihf.or.jp. 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  3. ^ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Mei Miura". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.


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