Mai Murakami

January 5, 2024
Artistic Gymnast

Quick Facts

Mai Murakami
Full Name Mai Murakami
Occupation Artistic Gymnast
Date Of Birth Aug 5, 1996(1996-08-05)
Age 28
Birthplace Sagamihara
Country Japan
Horoscope Leo

Mai Murakami Biography

Name Mai Murakami
Birthday Aug 5
Birth Year 1996
Place Of Birth Sagamihara
Birth Country Japan
Birth Sign Leo

Mai Murakami is one of the most popular and richest Artistic Gymnast who was born on August 5, 1996 in Sagamihara, Japan. Mai Murakami (Cun Shang Mo Ai, Murakami Mai; born 5 August 1996) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 World Champion in floor exercise, 2018 World all-around silver medalist in floor exercise and bronze medalist in floor exercise. She also holds the title of three-time Japanese national all around champion (2016-2018). At the 2016 Olympics, she represented Japan.

Murakami was unable to perform well on beam and floor at the 2015 National Championships and finished tenth in all-around. At the NHK Cup she placed eighth in all-around, but she took bronze in vault and floor at the Event Championships. Murakami was originally named as an alternate to the World Championships. However, an injury forced her to join the team. The Japanese team finished fifth. Murakami placed sixth in all-around, which is the highest finish by a Japanese woman in six decades.

Murakami won the all-around at the National Championships in addition to winning gold on beam and floor and winning silver on vault. She also won the all-around at the NHK Cup and won gold on beam and floor and bronze on vault and uneven bars. She was then automatically named to the World Championship team along with Aiko Sugihara. She then won silver on floor and placed fifth on vault at the Event National Championships. At the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she qualified first into the all-around final, ahead of American gymnast Ragan Smith, but had a fall in the finals, and ended up in 4th place, one-tenth of a point behind the bronze medalist, Russia’s Elena Eremina. She redeemed herself in the floor exercise finals, where she placed first ahead of Jade Carey and Claudia Fragapane. She is Japan’s first World gold medalist on this event, and Japan’s second World gold medalist on any women’s gymnastics event, after Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda won the gold on the balance beam in 1954. Afterward, she won gold on floor and bronze on vault at the Toyota International.

Murakami finished second at the American Cup behind Morgan Hurd. She then won the all-around at the Tokyo World Cup. Then, she won the all-around at both the National Championships and the NHK Cup. She won gold on balance beam and floor exercise at the Event National Championships. At the 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar the Japanese team finished in sixth place. Individually, she finished second in the all-around final, behind Simone Biles. It is the first women’s all-around silver medal in Japan’s history. She then won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Biles and Morgan Hurd.

Murakami participated in the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, placing fourth on floor, seventh on bars, beam and ninth overall. She was sixth at the National Championships in all-around and fourth at NHK Cup. She won silver on vault and gold on floor at the All Japan Championships. Asuka Teramoto, Yu Minobe and Natsumi Sasada were also selected. They finished eighth. Murakami won vault and floor at Toyota International and was fifth in all-around at Glasgow World.

Mai Murakami Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Artistic Gymnast
House Living in own house.

Mai Murakami is one of the richest Artistic Gymnast from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mai Murakami 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Murakami made her senior debut in 2012 National Championships, where she finished eleventh in all-around. She was not selected to the 2012 Olympic Team. Murakami was a participant at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup, where Japan came in second place to Russia.

Murakami participated in the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she won bronze for the Japanese team. She also placed 22nd overall. She placed third in both the NHK Cup and National Championships all-around. She was fourth in the floor exercise at 2013 World Championships.

Murakami competed at the American Cup where she placed sixth in the all- around. She then won the all-around at the National Championships in addition to winning gold on floor and bronze on vault and beam. At the NHK Cup, she finished second in the all-around behind Asuka Teramoto, and she won gold on floor and silver on vault. At the Event National Championships, she won gold on floor exercise and placed fourth on uneven bars. She was then named to represent Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics along with Asuka Teramoto, Aiko Sugihara, Yuki Uchiyama, and Sae Miyakawa.

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Facts & Trivia

Mai Ranked on the list of most popular Artistic Gymnast. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Mai Murakami celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

Who is Mai Murakami?

Mai Murakami
Years on national team| 2009–2021 (JPN)
Club| Yukio Iketani Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)| Kazukuni Ohno

Did Mai Murakami retire?

October 2021

How tall is Murakami Mai?

4′ 10″

How old is Mai Murakami?

25 years (August 5, 1996)

How tall is Melnikova?

5′ 0″

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