Mana Okamura

Mana Okamura (; born 28 May 2005) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Asian Games balance beam champion and all-around and team silver medalist. She represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career Okamura finished ninth in the all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships. She made her international debut at the 2020 WOGA Classic and finished second in the all-around to Skye Blakely. She then placed 17th in the all-around at the 2020 All-Japan Championships.

2021 Okamura became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2021. She finished 15th in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Championships and 13th at the NHK Trophy. She qualified for the balance beam final at the All-Japan Event Championships and placed fourth. She helped her club place 12th at the All-Japan Team Championships.

2022 Okamura placed 13th in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships and 11th at the NHK Trophy. At the All-Japan Event Championships, she repeated her fourth-place finish on the balance beam. She had the second-highest all-around score behind Shoko Miyata at the All-Japan Team Championships and helped her club finish 11th.

2023 Okamura made her senior international debut at the Cottbus World Cup and won the gold medal on the balance beam. At the All-Japan Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around, and she finished also finished seventh at the NHK Trophy. She finished sixth on the floor exercise at the All-Japan Event Championships.

At the 2022 Asian Games, held in 2023 due to COVID-19 concerns, Okamura led the Japanese team to a second-place finish behind China. She qualified for the all-around final where she won the silver medal behind China's Zuo Tong. She then won a gold medal in the balance beam final, the first time a Japanese gymnast won the Asian Games balance beam title. She also placed eighth on uneven bars and fourth on floor exercise. At the All-Japan Team Championships, she had the second-highest score on the balance beam behind Urara Ashikawa and helped her club place tenth.

2024 Okamura began the 2024 season at the Cairo World Cup where she won a gold medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam. She finished fourth in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships. She then won the bronze medal in the all-around at the NHK Trophy and was selected for the Japanese Olympic team alongside Shoko Miyata, Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, and Kohane Ushioku. At the 2024 Olympics, she contributed to Japan's eighth place finish in the team final. Though she ranked 19th in the all-around during qualifications, she was ineligible to compete in the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule, as her teammates Kishi and Nakamura qualified ahead of her.

2025 In March, Okamura competed at the Antalya World Cup, qualifying for the balance beam and floor exercise finals and winning the silver medal on beam. At that same competition, she introduced a new element on the uneven bars, the Okamura. She next competed at the 2025 All-Japan Championships, where she won gold on balance beam as well as silver on floor exercise. At the NHK Trophy in May, she won silver on balance beam, as well as bronze on floor exercise and in the all-around. In July, Okamura competed at the 2025 World University Games, winning the gold medal with the Japanese team as well as silver in the all-around. Okamura also represented Japan at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships with teammates Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, and Aiko Sugihara. She competed on balance beam and floor exercise in the qualification round, but did not advance to any finals.

Eponymous skill ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to the Code of Points Uneven bars Okamura From L-grip, swing backward with half turn (180°) to double salto backward piked. D (0.4) 2025 Antalya World Cup

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