Hiroe Yuki Explained
| Hiroe Yuki |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1948 |
| Country: | Japan |
(15 November 1948 – 7 September 2011 in Tokyo) was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.[1]
Career
Yuki was among the most notable of a cadre of fine players who helped Japan to win five of the six Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981.[2] 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.[3] At the 1972 Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's singles, when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. In the latter part of her career she earned a women's singles bronze medal at the first IBF World Championships in 1977. Yuki overcame an Achilles tendon rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record.[4]
Personal life
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.
Achievements
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Women's singles! Year! Venue! Opponent! Score! Result| 1972 | Munich, West Germany | Utami Dewi | 5–11, 9–11 | Bronze | |
World Championships
World Cup
Asian Games
International tournaments
Women's singles!Year!Tournament!Opponent!Score!Result| 1968 | Singapore Open |  Noriko Takagi | 7–11, 12–10, 4–11 | Runner-up |
| 1968 | Malaysia Open |  Eva Twedberg | 11–1, 11–6 | Winner |
| 1969 | All England Open | Noriko Takagi | 11–5, 11–5 | Winner |
| 1969 | Denmark Open | Noriko Takagi | 12–10, 11–2 | Winner |
| 1971 | U. S. Open | Noriko Takagi | 5–11, 9–11 | Runner-up |
| 1971 | Canadian Open | Noriko Takagi | 12–9, 11–0 | Winner |
| 1971 | Denmark Open | Noriko Takagi | 7–11, 7–11 | Runner-up |
| 1972 | All England Open | Noriko Nakayama | 5–11, 11–3, 7–11 | Runner-up |
| 1973 | Denmark Open | Imre Rietveld | 11–7, 11–6 | Winner |
| 1974 | All England Open | Gillian Gilks | 11–6, 12–11 | Winner |
| 1974 | Denmark Open | Lene Køppen | 11–4, 9–12, 12–9 | Winner |
| 1975 | All England Open | Gillian Gilks | 11–5, 11–9 | Winner |
| 1977 | All England Open | Lene Køppen | 7–11, 11–3, 11–7 | Winner |
| 1977 | Denmark Open | Joke van Beusekom | 11–4, 11–8 | Winner |
| 1979 | Denmark Open | Lene Køppen | 8–11, 11–7, 2–11 | Runner-up |
| 1981 | German Open | Sally Leadbeater | 12–11, 11–9 | Winner | |
Invitational tournament
Notes and References
- Web site: HIROE YUKI. bwfmuseum.isida.pro. 26 June 2020.
- Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlative Ltd., 1983) 133-136.
- Pat Davis, Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1983), pp. 106, 108.
- Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971), pg. 220
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