Fujie Eguchi

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Fujie Eguchi ( Japanese 江口 冨 士 枝 , Eguchi Fujie ; born November 18, 1932 in Nagasaki ) is a former Japanese table tennis player . In the 1950s she was one of the most successful table tennis players and won a total of six world championship titles. She dominated mostly because of her great footwork. Fujie Eguchi played offensive table tennis with the Japanese penholder grip . In 1997 she was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .

Later she worked in the Osaka table tennis association and in the Japanese table tennis association, for which she headed the women's department, among other things.

Fujie Eguchi has been married since 1960.

successes

Table tennis world championship 1954

Table tennis world championship 1955

  • 2nd place team
  • 3rd place women's doubles (with Kiiko Watanabe - JPN)

Table tennis world championship 1956

  • 3rd place team
  • 3rd place women singles
  • 2nd place women's doubles (with Kiiko Watanabe - JPN)

Table tennis world championship 1957

  • 1st place team
  • 1st place women singles
  • 1st place mixed (with Ichirō Ogimura )

Table tennis world championship 1959

Asian Games 1958

  • 1st place team
  • 2nd place women singles
  • 1st place women's doubles
  • 1st place mixed

Japanese National Championships

  • 1954 1st place women singles
  • 1956 1st place women singles
  • 1957 1st place women singles

Japanese National University Championships

  • 1952 1st place women singles

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
JPN  Asian Championship TTFA  1953  Tokyo  JPN   last 16  silver  Quarter finals   
JPN  Asian Games  1958  Tokyo  JPN   Semifinals  gold  gold  1
JPN  World Championship  1959  Dortmund  FRG   silver  silver  gold  1
JPN  World Championship  1957  Stockholm  SWE   gold  Quarter finals  gold  1
JPN  World Championship  1956  Tokyo  JPN   Semifinals  silver  Quarter finals  3
JPN  World Championship  1955  Utrecht  NED   last 16  Semifinals  Quarter finals  2
JPN  World Championship  1954  Wembley  CLOSELY   Semifinals  Semifinals  silver  1

Individual evidence

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  2. DTS magazine , 1960/20 West issue p. 14
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