Noriko Yamanaka (山中 教子, Yamanaka Noriko) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.[1]

Noriko Yamanaka
Full nameYamanaka Noriko
Nationality Japan
Born1941
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Stockholm Singles
Silver medal – second place 1967 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Ljubljana Singles
Silver medal – second place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1965 Ljubljana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Prague Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1963 Prague Team

Table tennis career

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From 1963 to 1967 she won nine medals in singles,[2] doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The nine World Championship medals[4] included three gold medals; one in the mixed doubles at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships with Nobuhiko Hasegawa and two in the team event for Japan.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  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.