Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi (山泉 和子, Yamaizumi Kazuko; January 17, 1935 – August 27, 2024) was an international table tennis player from Japan.
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| Full name | ITO-YAMAIZUMI Kazuko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 August 2024 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editFrom 1959 to 1963 Ito-Yamaizumi won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[1]
The six World Championship medals[2][3] included five gold medals; one in the women's doubles with Taeko Namba in 1959, one in the mixed doubles with Koji Kimura in 1963 and three in the team event.[4][5]
Death
editIto-Yamaizumi died on August 27, 2024, at the age of 89.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
- ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ↑ 元世界チャンピオン・伊藤和子さんが逝去。67歳にして史上初の全日本100勝も達成 (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi at World Table Tennis
- Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi at InterSportStats
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