Rie Matsubara

Rie Matsubara
Born (1993-10-21) 21 October 1993
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Japan
(2011-)
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2019 Baku 5 Balls
2017 Pesaro 3 Ropes + 2 Balls
2018 Sofia 5 Hoops
2019 Baku Group All-around
2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
2015 Suttgart 5 Ribbons
2017 Pesaro All-around
2017 Pesaro 5 Hoops
2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls
2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Asian Championships
2013 Tashkent 10 Clubs
2015 Jecheon 3 Clubs + 2 Hoops
2016 Tashkent Group All-around
2016 Tashkent 3 Clubs + 2 Hoops
2017 Astana Group All-around
2017 Astana 5 Hoops
2017 Astana 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
2018 Kuala Lumpur Group All-around
2018 Kuala Lumpur 5 Hoops
2019 Pattaya Group All-Around
2013 Tashkent Group All-around
2013 Tashkent 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons
2015 Jecheon Group All-around
2015 Jecheon 5 Ribbons
2016 Tashkent 5 Ribbons
2018 Kuala Lumpur 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
2019 Pattaya 5 Balls
2019 Pattaya 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs

Rie Matsubara (松原 梨恵, Matsubara Rie; born (1993-10-21)21 October 1993) is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Being World champion and 10-time Asian champion, she is widely considered to be the most successful Japanese rhythmic gymnast ever.

Career

She has participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished on 7th place in Group All-Around final.

She has competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships,[1] where she won the bronze medal in the 5 ribbons event and eventually competed alongside her teammates Airi Hatakeyama, Sakura Noshitani, Sayuri Sugimoto and Kiko Yokota at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing outside of medals in the group all-around final with an eight-place score of 34.200.[2][3]

On September 16–22, she and her teammates competed at the 2019 World Championships, her third. They won silver medal in Group All-around and 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Final and won gold in 5 Balls Final.[4] This was Japanese first ever gold medal in group event at World Championships.

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Rie Matsubara". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: Group All-Around Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Russia wins another Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics group final". NBC Olympics. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "'Fairy Japan' claims first world rhythmic gymnastic silver in 44 years". 22 September 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2021.


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