Sachiko Morisawa

Sachiko Morisawa ( Japanese 森 沢 幸 子 , Morisawa Sachiko ; * around 1945) is a former Japanese table tennis player . In 1967 she became world champion in singles, doubles and team competitions.

When she first took part in a World Cup in Stockholm in 1967 , which China did not play, Sachiko Morisawa first won gold with the Japanese women's team. Then she became world champion in singles by winning the final against Naoko Fukazu (Japan). Together with Saeko Hirota (Japan), she won the doubles title. Thanks to these successes, she managed to jump from eighth to the top in the ITTF world rankings .

At the next World Cup in 1969 in Munich, she could not defend a title. With the team she was third, in doubles she was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the first round she lost to the outsider Pauline Piddock , who was only number five in her home country England.

At the Asian Championships ( Asian Championship TTFA ) she won the doubles competition with Saeko Hirota and also the team fights in 1967 . A year later she came in doubles (with Toshiko Kowada ) and also with the team in the final.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Championship TTFA	1968	Jakarta	INA	Semifinals	silver		2
JPN	Asian Championship TTFA	1967	Singapore	SIN		gold		1
JPN	Asian Games	1966	Bangkok	THA		Semifinals		1
JPN	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	last 64	Quarter finals	last 16	3
JPN	World Championship	1967	Stockholm	SWE	gold	gold	last 16	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morisawa was 21 years old in 1966, according to DTS magazine , 1966/7 page 2
2. ↑ Historical world rankings (accessed on July 5, 2011; PDF; 148 kB)
3. ↑ Tim Boggan in History of US Table Tennis Vol IV (accessed November 29, 2013)
4. ↑ Sachiko Morisawa Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 12, 2011)