Kiiko Watanabe
Kiiko Watanabe ( Japanese 渡 辺 妃 生子 , Watanabe Kiiko ; * around 1935 ) is a Japanese table tennis player . She won several medals at world championships.
1953 Watanabe reached the final of the Asian Championships in singles and doubles. From 1954 to 1957 she was nominated four times for world championships. She won gold with the Japanese women's team in 1954 and 1957 . She won silver in 1955 with the team and in 1956 in singles behind Tomi Ōkawa and in doubles with Fujie Eguchi .
Watanabe is shown on a first day cover published on April 2, 1956 on the occasion of the World Cup.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1953 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | silver | ||
| JPN | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | silver | Quarter finals | 3 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1955 | Utrecht | NED | Semifinals | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 2 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1954 | Wembley | CLOSELY | last 64 | Semifinals | last 16 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to magazine DTS , 1956/17 Edition West (5 September 1956) p 2 was Watanabe at that time 21 years old.
- ↑ Magazine DTS 1982/19 S. 53f
- ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 17, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watanabe, Kiiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 渡 辺 妃 生子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1935 |