Kimiko Jinnai

Kimiko Jinnai ( Japanese 陣 内 貴 美 子 , Jinnai Kimiko ; born March 12, 1964 in Yatsushiro , Kumamoto Prefecture ) is a badminton player and sports journalist from Japan .

Career

As a first major success, Jinnai won bronze with Sumiko Kitada in women's doubles at the Asian Badminton Games in 1986 . Kimiko Jinnai took part in women's doubles with Hisako Mori at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the first round they both won against the Danes Pernille Dupont and Grete Mogensen with 2-1 sets. In the following round, however, the Japanese were defeated by Lin Yanfen and Yao Fen from China, so that they finished 9th in the end.

Jinnai won nationally for the first time in 1984 with Kyōji Kushi in mixed. Three more titles in women's doubles with Hisako Mori followed until 1990. With Mori she was also in the 1991 final of the All England , but lost there against Chung So-young and Hwang Hye-young .

After her sports career, she became a sports journalist. In 2000 she married the professional baseball player Akihito Kaneishi .

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1984	Japan: Individual Championships	Mixed	1	Kyōji Kushi / Kimiko Jinnai
1986	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	3	Kimiko Jinnai / Sumiko Kitada
1988	Japan: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori
1989	Japan: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori
1990	Japan: Individual Championships	Ladies doubles	1	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori
1991	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori
1991	Chinese Taipei Open	Ladies doubles	1	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori
1992	Olympia	Ladies doubles	9	Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Mori

Web links

• Kimiko Jinnai in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fuji Television : Jinnai Kimiko ( Memento from January 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ 陣 内 貴 美 子 . In: タ レ ン ト デ ー タ バ ン ク /kotobank.jp. Retrieved September 14, 2010 (Japanese).