Haruka Nakamura (born 18 May 2008) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World all-around and team champion. She is also the 2023 Junior Asian team, all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise champion.

Career

Nakamura competed at the 2022 All-Japan Championships where she finished fiftieth all-around in the qualification round. Then at the 2022 All-Japan Event Championships, she placed seventh on the uneven bars and fifth on the balance beam. She helped her club, Namba Gymnastics, placing eighth at the 2022 All-Japan Team Championships. Nakamura made her international debut at the 2023 WOGA Classic in

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. She won the silver medal in the all-around by only 0.150 behind American gymnast

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. She was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships in

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. The Japanese team of Nakamura, Mika Mizuno, and Sara Yamaguchi won the gold medal by over two points ahead of the United States. The team competition also served as the qualification round, and she qualified in third place for the all-around final and also qualified for the uneven bars and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final, Nakamura hit all four of her routines to capture the gold medal ahead of her teammate Yamaguchi with a total score of 51.765. She then fell in the uneven bars final but still managed to finish in fourth place. She then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Giulia Perotti and

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. Nakamura competed at the senior level at the 2023 All-Japan Championships and finished eighth in the all-around. Then at the 2023 Junior Asian Championships in

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. She led the Japanese team to the gold medal, and she won the all-around title by over a full point. In the event finals, she won gold medals on both the uneven bars and the floor exercise.

Eponymous skills

Nakamura performs a piked Deltchev on the uneven bars and has the skill named after her in the Code of Points.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Haruka 2008 births Living people Japanese female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Junior artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Osaka