is a Japanese Nordic combined skier. She medaled silver at the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

individually and also as part of the Japanese ski jumping mixed team.

Early life and education

Miyazaki was born on 15 September 2002 in Nozawaonsen,

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

. She attended Nozawaonsen Junior High School and .

Career

At the 2017–18 FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup, Miyazaki ranked second overall behind Russia's Stefaniya Nadymova, having placed first once, second twice, and third once across four events. In 2019, Miyazaki became the first female junior world champion after winning the normal hill/5 km event at the

2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2019 took place in Lahti, Finland from 19 January to 27 January 2019. This was the 42nd Junior World Championships and the 14th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing. This was the fi ...

. Miyazaki represented Japan at the

, medaling silver in the individual normal hill/4 km event and also medaling silver as part of the Japanese team in the mixed team ski jumping event. In the

2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2020 took place in Oberwiesenthal, Germany from 29 February to 8 March 2020. This was the 43rd Junior World Championships and the 15th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing. New comp ...

, Miyazaki placed eighth individually but medaled bronze as part of the Japanese team in the mixed team event. Miyazaki placed tenth in the 2021 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyazaki, Ayane 2002 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women Japanese female Nordic combined skiers Nordic combined skiers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2023 Winter World University Games Medalists at the 2023 Winter World University Games Universiade medalists in nordic combined Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture