Tomoko Takahashi

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Tomoko Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋 と も 子 , Takahashi Tomoko ; * around 1945 ) is a former Japanese badminton player .

Career

Tomoko Takahashi won her only national title at the Japanese Individual Championships in 1968. She won the women’s singles. Internationally, however, it was much more successful. She won silver in doubles and bronze in singles at the Asian Games in 1966. In 1969 she finished second in the prestigious All England . In the final of the Uber Cup , the world championship for women’s teams, she was able to defeat the USA with the Japanese team in 1966 and Indonesia in 1969, thus becoming world champion twice.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1966 Uber Cup Ladies team 1 Japan
1966 Asian Games Ladies doubles 2 Hiroe Amano / Tomoko Takahashi
1966 Asian Games Ladies singles 3 Tomoko Takahashi
1968 Japan: Individual Championships Ladies singles 1 Tomoko Takahashi
1969 Uber Cup Ladies team 1 Japan
1969 All of England Ladies doubles 2 Hiroe Amano / Tomoko Takahashi

credentials

personal data
SURNAME Takahashi, Tomoko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 高橋 と も 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1945