Mya Lay Sein

In this Burmese name, the given name is Mya Lay Sein. There is no family name.

Mya Lay Sein (Burmese: မြလေးစိန်; born 1954) is a Burmese physiologist, former badminton player^[2] and Deputy Minister for Health and Sports for Myanmar from 2018 to 2021.

Her Excellency Wunna Kyawhtin[1] Dr Mya Lay Sein
မြလေးစိန်
Deputy Minister for Health and Sports
In office 2 July 2018 – 1 February 2021
President	Win Myint
Minister	Myint Htwe
Preceded by	Thaung Htike
Succeeded by	Myo Hlaing
Vice Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee
In office 2 July 2018 – 1 February 2021
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 70–71)
Nationality	Myanmar
Alma mater	Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon University of New South Wales
Occupation	Physiologist

Mya Lay Sein

Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Burma
World Championships
	1979 Hangzhou	Mixed doubles
	1979 Hangzhou	Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
	1975 Bangkok	Women's doubles
	1979 Jakarta	Women's doubles
	1979 Jakarta	Women's team

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.^[3][4]

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Hangzhou, China	Wai Nyunt	Ng Chun Ching Amy Chan Lim Chee	10–15, 15–10, 16–18	Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

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