THC Science

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.^[1] She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 61 kg event.^[2]^[3]

Personal life[edit]

She is the younger sister of Kayo Someya, also a karateka and a colleague of Japan's national karate team.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2012	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	3rd	Kumite 68 kg
2012	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	3rd	Team kumite
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	3rd	Team kumite
2015	Asian Championships	Yokohama, Japan	2nd	Kumite 61 kg
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Team kumite
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	Team kumite

^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ "Hopes high for karate's inclusion for 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Goerie.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2021.