Saeko Hirota

Saeko Hirota
Full nameHirota Saeko
Nationality Japan
Born1944
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Munich Mixed
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Munich Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Team

Saeko Hirota[1] (Japanese: 広田 佐枝子) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

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From 1967 to 1969, she won several medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[2]

Her four World Championship medals[3][4] included two gold medals in the doubles with Sachiko Morisawa and the team event at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. May 1, 1967. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  6. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.