Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Kimiyo Matsuzaki ( Japanese 松 崎 キ ミ 代 , Matsuzaki Kimiyo ; born June 18, 1938 in Takase (today: Mitoyo ), Kagawa Prefecture ) is a former Japanese table tennis player . In the late 1950s and early 1960s she was one of the most successful table tennis players and won a total of seven world championship titles. In 1960 she was number one in the world rankings . Kimiyo Matsuzaki played with the Japanese penholder grip .
In 1997 Matsuzaki was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .
She worked in the textile industry. Since her marriage (before May 1965) her name was Kimiyo Kurimoto ( 栗 本 キ ミ 代 ).
successes
Table tennis world championship 1959
- 1st place team
- 1st place women singles
- 2nd place women's doubles (with Fujie Eguchi - JPN)
- 2nd place mixed (with Teruo Murakami )
Table tennis world championship 1961
- 1st place team
- 3rd place women singles
- 1st place mixed (with Ichiro Ogimura - JPN)
Table tennis world championship 1963
- 1st place team
- 1st place women singles
- 1st place women's doubles (with Masako Seki - JPN)
Asian Games 1960
- 1st place team
- 1st place women's doubles
- 1st place mixed
Asian Games 1962
- 1st place team
- 1st place women singles
- 3rd place women's doubles
- 1st place mixed
Asian Games 1963
- 1st place team
- 1st place women singles
- 1st place women's doubles
Japanese National Championships
- 1958 1st place women singles
- 1959 1st place women singles
- 1962 1st place women singles
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship
ATTU |
1963 | Manila | PHI | gold | gold | 1 | |
| JPN | Asian Championship
ATTU |
1960 | Bombay | IND | gold | gold | 1 | |
| JPN | Asian Games | 1962 | Jakarta | INA | gold | Semifinals | gold | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1963 | Prague | TCH | gold | gold | last 16 | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1961 | Beijing | CHN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | gold | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | gold | silver | silver | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of the Tischtennis-Verband Rheinland eV, 1960, page 13
- ↑ http://www.ittf.com/museum/HoF/index.html
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1959/6 West issue p. 2
- ↑ Kimiyo Matsuzaki Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 12, 2011)
literature
- Kimiyo Kurimoto: My Stages of Development , Table Tennis News, December 1972, No. 51. Page 6 (English; translated into English by Kibho Glesswell)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matsuzaki, Kimiyo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 松 崎 キ ミ 代 (Japanese, maiden name); Kurimoto, Kimiyo (real name); 栗 本 キ ミ 代 (Japanese, real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Takase (Kagawa) , Kagawa Prefecture , Japan |