Miyuki Maeda (前田 美順, Maeda Miyuki, born 14 October 1985) is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games,^[1] and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014.^[2]

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Miyuki Maeda
Miyuki Maeda at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1985-10-14) 14 October 1985 (age 38) Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 (WD 15 September 2011) 20 (XD 6 March 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Japan World Championships 2011 London Women's doubles 2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2014 Incheon Women's team Asian Championships 2009 Suwon Mixed doubles
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Maeda's first major success was at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With her women's doubles partner Satoko Suetsuna they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. The two have continued to compete together after the Olympics and have maintained a top six ranking since March 2010.^[3] On the national level they won their first doubles title in 2010.

In the mixed doubles Maeda competed with Noriyasu Hirata, winning the national championships in 2009 and 2010.

In 2010, she received the Valuable Player Award with her partner Satoko Suetsuna at the 2010 Badminton Nihon League.^[2]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[6]