2001-12-17
Riku Miura (Japanese: 三浦 璃来; born December 17, 2001) is a retired Japanese pair skater. She and pair partner, Ryuichi Kihara, are the 2026 Olympic pair skating champions, two-time Olympic team event silver medalists (2022[a], 2026), two-time World Champions (2023, 2025), two-time World silver medalists (2022, 2024), two-time Four Continents champions (2023, 2025), two-time Grand Prix Final champions (2022–23, 2025–26), eight-time ISU Grand Prix medalists (five golds, two silvers, one bronze), three-time ISU Challenger Series medalists (one gold, two silvers), and two-time Japanese national champions (2019–20, 2024–25). Miura and Kihara are the first Japanese pair skating team to win gold at an ISU Grand Prix event, an ISU Grand Prix Final, an ISU Championships, and a Winter Olympic Games. They are also one of only few skaters to achieve a Career Golden Slam. With her former skating partner, Shoya Ichihashi, she competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships (2017–19). Description above from the Wikipedia article Riku Miura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.