Mayumi Someya

{{Short description|Japanese karateka (born 1993)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Mayumi Someya | honorific_suffix = | image =  | image_size =  | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor =  | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality =  | national_team =  | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|5|30}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height =  | weight =  | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website =  | module =  | country = Japan | sport = Karate | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = {{Plainlist| * Kumite * Team kumite }} | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 =  | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb =  | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's karate }} {{Medal|Country| {{JPN}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Silver| 2018 Madrid | Team kumite }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2014 Bremen | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2014 Bremen | Team kumite }} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }} {{Medal|Gold| 2018 Amman | Team kumite }} {{Medal|Silver| 2015 Yokohama | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2012 Tashkent | Kumite 68 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2012 Tashkent | Team kumite }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Mayumi Someya''' (染谷真有美, ''Someya Mayumi'', born 30 May 1993) is a Japanese karateka. At the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain, she won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event.<ref name="results_book_world_karate_championships_2018">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2020|access-date=30 December 2020|website=2018 World Karate Championships}}</ref> She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 61 kg event.<ref name="wkf_announces_first_qualified_2020">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/meet-karates-first-qualified-athletes-for-tokyo-2020/1256|title=WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=WKF.net|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="wkf_announces_first_forty_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092111/karate-olympic-qualifiers|title=World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020|date=18 March 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life== She is the younger sister of Kayo Someya, also a karateka and a colleague of Japan's national karate team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goerie.com/article/20150816/SPORTS/610138407/|title=Hopes high for karate's inclusion for 2020 Tokyo Olympics|date=16 August 2015|work=Goerie.com|access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

== Achievements ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=45% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Rank!!Event |- |rowspan=2 | 2012 |rowspan=2 | Asian Championships |rowspan=2 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Kumite 68 kg |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kumite |- |rowspan=2 | 2014 |rowspan=2 | World Championships |rowspan=2 | Bremen, Germany |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Kumite 61 kg |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Team kumite |- |2015 |Asian Championships |Yokohama, Japan |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Kumite 61 kg |- |rowspan=3 | 2018 |Asian Championships |Amman, Jordan |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Team kumite |- |World Championships |Madrid, Spain |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kumite |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Someya, Mayumi}} Category:Living people Category:1993 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Japanese female karateka Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic karateka for Japan Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen