Masako Seki (関 正子, Seki Masako; 1941 or 1942 – September 18, 2019) was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Masako Seki
Personal information
Full nameSEKI Masako
Nationality Japan
Born1941 or 1942
Died (aged 77)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1965 LjubljanaDoubles
Gold medal – first place1965 LjubljanaMixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place1965 LjubljanaTeam
Gold medal – first place1963 PragueDoubles
Silver medal – second place1963 PragueMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1963 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place1961 BeijingMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1961 BeijingTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulSingles
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulDoubles
Silver medal – second place1964 SeoulMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulTeam
Gold medal – first place1963 ManilaDoubles
Gold medal – first place1963 ManilaTeam

Table tennis career

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From 1961 to 1965 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[1]

Her eight World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; two in team event, one in the doubles with Kimiyo Matsuzaki at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the mixed doubles with Koji Kimura at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]

She died at the age of 77 on September 18, 2019.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. 元世界チャンピオンの両澤正子さんが逝去 (in Japanese)