Naoko Fukazu
Naoko Fukazu ( Japanese 深 津 尚 子 , Fukazu Naoko ; * 1944 in Aichi Prefecture ) is a former Japanese table tennis player . In 1965 she became world champion in singles.
successes
In 1966 Naoko Fukazu became a Japanese student master. When she first took part in a world championship in Ljubljana in 1965 , she immediately became world champion in singles by defeating the Chinese Lin Huiqing in the final. In mixed with Ken Konaka , she reached the semifinals and with the Japanese women's team in the final. She also won gold at the 1967 World Cup , which China did not compete in, with the women's team. She also won silver in singles (behind Sachiko Morisawa ), in doubles with Noriko Yamanaka and in mixed with Kōji Kimura .
In 1964 she was at the Asian Championships ( Asian Championship TTFA ) first in doubles with Masako Seki , in mixed with ei Konaka and with the team. Two years later she won the Asian Games in all competitions: singles, doubles with Noriko Yamanaka, mixed with Koji Kimura and with the team.
In the ITTF world rankings she was led from 1965 to 1967 at number one. In 1967 she ended her active career.
Private
Fukazu is married and has been called Naoko Tokunaga ever since . After finishing her active career as a competitive athlete, she opened a Japanese restaurant.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1964 | Seoul | COR | gold | gold | 1 | |
JPN | Asian Games | 1966 | Bangkok | THA | gold | gold | gold | 1 |
JPN | World Championship | 1967 | Stockholm | SWE | silver | silver | silver | 1 |
JPN | World Championship | 1965 | Ljubljana | YUG | gold | last 16 | Semifinals | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year taken from the Japanese-language Wikipedia. It is plausible, because according to DTS magazine , 1964/22 page 17, she was 19 years old in 1964.
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1966/6 p. 7
- ↑ Historical world rankings (accessed on July 8, 2011; PDF file; 145 kB)
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1967/19, page 45
- ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 6, 2011)
Web links
- Interview with Naoko Tokunaga-Fukazu (accessed July 8, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fukazu, Naoko |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tokunaga, Naoko; 深 津 尚 子 (Japanese); 徳 永 尚 子 (Japanese, married) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aichi prefecture |