Mya Lay Sein

Mya Lay Sein (Burmese: ; born 1954) is a Burmese physiologist, former badminton player and Deputy Minister for Health and Sports for Myanmar from 2018 to 2021.

Career Mya has always been very active in sports, culminating in 15 years of international representation in badminton for Myanmar team. She was a silver medallist in the 1979 WBF World Championships with partner Wai Nyunt in mixed doubles category. At the same time she has also studied at Yangon Institute of Medicine 1 and graduated in 1982.

She received the certificate of the Postgraduate Training Sports Medicine from the Singapore Sports Council, the degrees of MSpMed (Master of Sports Medicine) and PhD (Sports Medicine & Shoulder) from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She served as the vice president of Myanmar Badminton Federation. On 2 July 2018, the president Win Myint appointed her as the deputy minister for Ministry of Health and Sports.

Achievements World Championships Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 1979 Hangzhou, China Wai Nyunt Ng Chun Ching Amy Chan Lim Chee 10–15, 15–10, 16–18 Silver Silver

Southeast Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1975 Bangkok, Thailand Thida Aye Nyo Porntip Buntanon Suleeporn Jittariyakul Bronze Bronze 1979 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Thida Aye Nyo Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna 3–15, 8–15 Bronze Bronze