| Reina Matsusaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 松坂 玲奈 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 2000 Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2023- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reina Matsusaka (born 23 October 2000) is a Japanese rhythmic gymnast. [1] She is the 2024 all-around Asian bronze medalist.
Matsusaka began rhythmic gymnastics at age 3 because her mother was a coach at a gymnastics club, and she began to be coached by her mother in middle school. In 2019, she enrolled at Tokyo Women's Junior College of Physical Education. [2]
At the All-Japan Intercollegiate Gymnastics Championships in August 2019, Matsusaka won bronze with the hoop and was 5th individually. At the All-Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in October, she won silver with ball. [2]
Matsusaka debuted internationally several years later in 2023, when she competed in the Sofia International Tournament. She won bronze with ball and clubs and silver with hoop. [3] In the summer, she took part in the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu and won bronze in the all-around behind Fanni Pigniczki and Khrystyna Pohranychna. She also won a bronze medal with clubs. [4] [5] In October she was selected for the Asian Games. There she finished 4th in teams with the other Japanese gymnasts and 7th in the all-around final. [6]
The following year, she began her season by competing in Athens at the Aphrodite Cup. She was 6th in the all-around and won bronze with hoop and ribbon. [7] [8] In April she competed in the World Cup in Baku, taking 15th place in the all-around, 17th with hoop, 13th with ball, 9th with clubs and 21st with ribbon. [9]
On May 3 she won the all-around bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Tashkent behind Elzhana Taniyeva and Takhmina Ikromova. [10] There was one Olympic berth available at the event, which went to Taniyeva. Although Matsusaka did not qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, she said of the event, "Previously, I was not in a position where I could aim for the Olympics, so this has been a very fruitful year. I'm happy I was able to make the Olympics my goal." [11]
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