Mitsuko Yokoyama
Mitsuko Yokoyama ( Japanese 横山 満 子 , Yokoyama Mitsuko ; * around 1940 ) is a former Japanese badminton player .
Career
Mitsuko Yokoyama won her first national title at the Japanese Individual Championships in 1961. She won the women's doubles. Four years later she was again the title holder, but this time in the individual. In the final of the Uber Cup 1966 , the world championship for women’s teams, she was able to defeat the USA with the Japanese team in 1966 and thus become world champion.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Mitsuko Yokoyama / Seiko Kimura |
| 1965 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Mitsuko Yokoyama |
| 1966 | Uber Cup | Ladies team | 1 | Japan |
credentials
- Archived pages about the Uber Cup from tangkis.tripod.com ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Mike's Badminton Populorum for the Uber Cup
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yokoyama, Mitsuko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 横山 満 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1940 |