Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi Explained

Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi should not be confused with Kazuko Ito (tennis).

was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 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

Ito-Yamaizumi died on August 27, 2024, at the age of 89.^[6]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITTF_Database. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016063736/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3134. 2012-10-16.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
5. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
6. https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/208208 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