More Sports Apr 19, 2022
The 36-year-old, who won silver and bronze medals during her Olympic career, was elected as vice chair of the IWF Athlete's Commission and joins the board as an athlete representative.
Summer Olympics / Weightlifting Jul 24, 2021
Japanese weightlifter Hiromi Miyake to retire after failing most attempts
With a bronze in Rio and silver in London, Miyake's father won bronze in 1968 and her uncle won gold in 1964 and 1968.
Sports Mar 29, 2018
With new name and mission, Japan Sport Association seeks greater public participation in sports
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The Japan Sports Association is modifying its organizational name beginning with the start of the new fiscal year on Sunday. Well, in English, the change is tiny. It will now be called the Japan Sport Association, with "Sport" as a singular noun (the abbreviation becomes ...
Olympics May 28, 2016
Despite injury worries, London Olympics silver-medal winner Hiromi Miyake was named with four other weightlifters to compete in Rio de Janeiro Games on Saturday. Miyake, named to compete in the 48-kg division by the Japan Weightlifting Association, will compete in her fourth straight games. She ...
More Sports Nov 22, 2015
London Olympic silver medalist weightlifter Hiromi Miyake won the women's 48-kg bronze medal at the world championships on Saturday. The 30-year-old Miyake snatched 85 kg and lifted 108 in the clean and jerk to secure her hardware with a total of 193 kg to take ...