Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis)

Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 良子, Tanaka Yoshiko) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.[1]

Yoshiko Tanaka
Full nameTanaka Yoshiko
Nationality Japan
Born1932
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Mixed
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Wembley Singles
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Team

Table tennis career

She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1954.[2][3][4]

In addition she won six other World Championship medals; one in the singles,[5] two in the doubles, one in the mixed doubles and two in the team event.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  6. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.


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