Noriko Yamanaka

Noriko Yamanaka ( Japanese 山 中 教 子 , Yamanaka Noriko ; * around 1941) is a former Japanese table tennis player . She was world champion three times in the 1960s.

Career

Noriko Yamanaka won the Japanese National Singles Championship in 1962 and 1964 . In addition, there was a win in doubles with Kazuko Itō in 1963 and in mixed with Keiichi Miki in 1966.

At the Asian Games ( Asian Games ) she won four titles, namely in 1962 and 1966 both with the team and doubles with Masako Seki (1962) and Naoko Fukazu (1966). As in 1966, he finished second behind Naoko Fukazu.

In her first participation in a World Cup in 1963 in Prague, she won gold with the Japanese team, in doubles with Kazuko Ito , she reached the semifinals. In 1965 she reached the final both with the team and in doubles with Masako Seki . She won bronze in the individual. There were two gold medals in the absence of the Chinese athletes in 1967 , namely in mixed with Nobuhiko Hasegawa and in team competition, the doubles with Naoko Fukazu lost in the final to compatriots Saeko Hirota / Sachiko Morisawa . She was third in the individual.

In the ITTF world rankings she finished third in mid-1967. In 1967 she ended her active career.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Games	1966	Bangkok	THA	silver	gold	Semifinals	1
JPN	Asian Games	1962	Jakarta	INA		gold	4th	1
JPN	World Championship	1967	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	silver	gold	1
JPN	World Championship	1965	Ljubljana	YUG	Semifinals	silver	Quarter finals	2
JPN	World Championship	1963	Prague	TCH	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Quarter finals	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Noriko Yamanaka was 21 years old in 1962 according to DTS magazine , 1962/9 page 9
2. ↑ World ranking (Excel, accessed on May 22, 2016)
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1967/19, page 45
4. ↑ Noriko Yamanaka results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on May 22, 2016)