Hiroe Yuki
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was a Japanese badminton
player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
(women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981. With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo
she was Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All-England Championships
winning four singles titles (1969, 1974, 1975, 1977) there, as well as a doubles title (1971) in partnership with her friendly rival Noriko Takagi
.
She overcame an Achilles tendon
rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record. She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships
in women's singles.
In 1986, she married Kenji Niinuma, a Japanese popular enka
singer, and together they later had two children, a son and a daughter. In 2002, Yuki was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
Persons
She was among the most notable of a cadre of fine players who helped Japan to win all but one of the six Uber CupUber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...
(women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981. With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo
Etsuko Toganoo
is a retired Japanese badminton player noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor, who won numerous international titles during the 1970s...
she was Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All-England Championships
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...
winning four singles titles (1969, 1974, 1975, 1977) there, as well as a doubles title (1971) in partnership with her friendly rival Noriko Takagi
Noriko Nakayama
Noriko Nakayama is a former Japanese badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid 1960's to the early 1970s. She claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in...
.
She overcame an Achilles tendon
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...
rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record. She won the bronze medal at the 1977 IBF World Championships
1977 IBF World Championships
-Medalists:- Men's singles :- Women's singles :- Men's doubles :- Women's doubles :- Mixed doubles :-Medal account:-External links:* *...
in women's singles.
In 1986, she married Kenji Niinuma, a Japanese popular enka
Enka
is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...
singer, and together they later had two children, a son and a daughter. In 2002, Yuki was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.