Noriko Nakayama
Noriko Nakayama ( Japanese 中山 紀 子 , Nakayama Noriko ; * May 30, 1943 as Noriko Takagi , 高木 紀 子 , Takagi Noriko ) is a former badminton player from Japan .
Career
Noriko Takagi won her first two Japanese championship titles in 1962 in women's singles and doubles. Nine more titles followed by 1971.
In 1966 she won her first international laurels at the Asian Games when she won gold and bronze. From 1966 to 1978 she was in the final of this competition five times with the Japanese Uber Cup team. The first three finals and the last was won by Japan, while in 1975 it was only enough for second place at this world championship for women's teams. In 1971 and 1972 she won the All England . At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won the badminton tournament, which was only carried out as a demonstration sport .
successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / ( Miyako Morota ) |
| 1962 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1964 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1964 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1965 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1966 | Asian Games | Ladies doubles | 3 | Noriko Takagi / Kazuka Goto |
| 1966 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1966 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1966 | Uber Cup | team | 1 | Japan |
| 1966/1967 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1967 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1967 | All of England | Ladies singles | 2 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1967 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1967/1968 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1968 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 2 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Amano |
| 1968 | All of England | Ladies singles | 3 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1968/1969 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1969 | All of England | Ladies singles | 2 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1969 | Uber Cup | team | 1 | Japan |
| 1969 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 3 | Hiroe Yuki / Noriko Takagi |
| 1970/1971 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1971 | Canada: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1971 | All of England | Ladies singles | 3 | Noriko Takagi |
| 1971 | US Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1971 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Takagi / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1971 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Nakayama / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1971 | Japan: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Nakayama |
| 1971/1972 | Denmark: International Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Noriko Nakayama / Hiroe Yuki |
| 1971 | Uber Cup | team | 1 | Japan |
| 1972 | All of England | Ladies singles | 1 | Noriko Nakayama |
| 1975 | Uber Cup | team | 2 | Japan |
| 1978 | Uber Cup | team | 1 | Japan |
credentials
- Pat Davis: The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983), pp. 106, 108
- Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1971), p. 164
- Pat Davis: The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983), pp. 133, 134, 135
- Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1967), pp. 105-107
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakayama, Noriko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中山 紀 子 (Japanese); Noriko Takagi (maiden name); 高木 紀 子 (Japanese, maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1943 |