Emiko Ueno

Emiko Ueno
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1957-09-03) 3 September 1957
Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1977 Malmö Women's doubles
World Cup
1979 Tokyo Women's doubles
Uber Cup
1978 Auckland Women's team
Asian Games
1978 Bangkok Women's team

Emiko Ueno (植野恵美子, Ueno Emiko; born on September 3, 1957, in Neyagawa) is a retired female badminton player of Japan, who specialized in doubles.

Career

In 1977 she won both the All-England Championships and IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Etsuko Toganoo. In 1978 she was a member of Japan's world champion Uber Cup (women's international) team. She was also the gold medalist in 1979 World Cup in Women's doubles with partner Yoshiko Yonekura.

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1977 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden Etsuko Toganoo Marjan Ridder
Joke van Beusekom
15–10, 15–11 Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Yoshiko Yonekura Verawaty Fadjrin
Imelda Wiguna
15–3, 15–7 Gold

International tournament

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1977 Japan Open Yoshiko Yonekura Inge Borgstrøm
Lene Køppen
13–18, 9–15 Runner-up
1977 All England Open Etsuko Toganoo Margaret Lockwood
Nora Perry
7–15, 15–3, 15–7 Winner
1978 Denmark Open Yoshiko Yonekura Imelda Wiguna
Verawaty Wiharjo
8–15, 15–8, 4–15 Runner-up
1978 All England Open Yoshiko Yonekura Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
16–18, 6–15 Runner-up

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110520022601/http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~sakurasc/newpage5.html (in Japanese)