Noriko Nakayama

Noriko Nakayama
Personal information
Born1943 (age 81–82)
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Uber Cup
1966 Wellington Women's team
1969 Tokyo Women's team
1972 Tokyo Women's team
1975 Jakarta Women's team
1978 Auckland Women's team
Asian Games
1966 Bangkok Women's singles
1966 Bangkok Women's team
1966 Bangkok Women's doubles

Noriko Nakayama (née Takagi; born 1943) is a Japanese former badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

Nakayama claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in women's doubles. She was the champion at World Invitational Championships held in Glasgow, in 1969 in Women's doubles category with Hiroe Amano. At the prestigious All-England Championships she shared the women's doubles title with her compatriot and singles rival Hiroe Yuki in 1971, and won the singles title over Yuki in 1972, having previously lost twice in the finals.[1] She also won the women's singles event at the Olympic Games Demonstration in 1972. In four successive Uber Cup (women's international team) competitions, between 1965 and 1975 she was unbeaten in singles, thus leading the way to three world team titles for Japan.[2] With the birth of her eldest daughter, she hung her racket in 1975. As of 2017, she is still actively associated with the sport, coaching at the local level.

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1972 Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany Utami Dewi 11–5, 11–3 Gold

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Sumol Chanklum 11–0, 11–4 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1966 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Kazuko Goto Retno Kustijah
Minarni 		5–15, 11–15 Bronze

International tournaments

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1967 All England Open Judy Hashman 11–5, 8–11, 10–12 Runner-up
1967 Denmark Open Imre Rietveld 11–5, 11–3 Winner
1968 Singapore Open Hiroe Yuki 11–7, 10–12, 11–4 Winner
1968 Denmark Open Eva Twedberg 9–12, 12–9, 10–12 Runner-up
1969 All England Open Hiroe Yuki 5–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1969 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki 10–12, 2–11 Runner-up
1971 U. S. Open Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 11–9 Winner
1971 Canadian Open Hiroe Yuki 9–12, 0–11 Runner-up
1971 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki 11–7, 11–7 Winner
1972 All England Open Hiroe Yuki 11–5, 3–11, 11–7 Winner
1972 Denmark Open Eva Twedberg 4–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1967 Singapore Open Hiroe Amano Minarni
Retno Kustijah 		6–15, 13–18 Runner-up
1967 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Imre Rietveld
Ulla Strand 		15–12, 9–15, 15–8 Winner
1968 All England Open Hiroe Amano Minarni
Retno Kustijah 		5–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1968 Malaysia Open Hiroe Yuki Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		11–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1968 Singapore Open Hiroe Yuki Rosalind Singha Ang
Eva Twedberg 		15–6, 15–11 Winner
1968 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Karin Jørgensen
Ulla Strand 		15–11, 15–11 Winner
1969 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Hiroe Amano
Tomoko Takahashi 		15–9, 15–9 Winner
1970 Denmark Open Hiroe Amano Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		17–15, 12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1971 All England Open Hiroe Yuki Gillian Gilks
Judy Hashman 		15–10, 18–13 Winner
1971 U. S. Open Hiroe Yuki Ethel Marshall
Dorothy O'Neil 		15–8, 15–2 Winner
1971 Canadian Open Hiroe Yuki Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		Walkover Winner
1971 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		15–10, 15–3 Winner
1972 Denmark Open Hiroe Yuki Machiko Aizawa
Etsuko Takenaka 		15–11, 11–15, 17–15 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1968 Singapore Open Svend Andersen Sangob Rattanusorn
Pachara Pattabongse 		15–8, 15–11 Winner

References

  1. ^ Pat Davis. The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983). 106, 108. and Herbert Scheele, Ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1971). 164.
  2. ^ Pat Davis. The Guinness Book of Badminton (Guinness Superlatives Limited, Enfield, Middlesex, England, 1983). 133, 134, 135. and Herbert Scheele, Ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England, 1967). 105-107.
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