Hiroe Yuki

Template:Short description Template:Short description (15 November 1948 – 7 September 2011 in Tokyo) was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.

Career

Yuki was among the most notable of a cadre of fine players who helped Japan to win five of the six Uber Cup (women's world team) competitions held between 1966 and 1981. With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo she was Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All-England Championships winning four singles titles (1969, 1974, 1975, 1977) there, as well as a doubles title (1971) in partnership with her friendly rival Noriko Takagi. At the 1972 Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's singles, when badminton was played as a demonstration sport. In the latter part of her career she earned a women's singles bronze medal at the first IBF World Championships in 1977. Yuki overcame an Achilles tendon rupture early in her career to compile her impressive record.

Personal life

In 1986, she married Kenji Niinuma, a Japanese popular enka singer, and together they later had two children, a son and a daughter. In 2002, Yuki was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame.

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany	Template:Flagicon Utami Dewi	5–11, 9–11	File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks	4–11, 7–11	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1979	Tokyo, Japan	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	7–11, 6–11	Silver Silver
1980	Kyoto, Japan	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	4–11, 10–12	Silver Silver

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Thongkam Kingmanee	12–9, 11–8	Gold Gold
1974	Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran	Template:Flagicon Oh Youn-han	11–4, 11–2	Bronze Bronze

International tournaments

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	7–11, 12–10, 4–11	Runner-up
1968	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Eva Twedberg	11–1, 11–6	Winner
1969	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	11–5, 11–5	Winner
1969	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	12–10, 11–2	Winner
1971	U. S. Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	5–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1971	Canada Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	12–9, 11–0	Winner
1971	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	7–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1972	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Nakayama	5–11, 11–3, 7–11	Runner-up
1973	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Imre Rietveld	11–7, 11–6	Winner
1974	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks	11–6, 12–11	Winner
1974	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	11–4, 9–12, 12–9	Winner
1975	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks	11–5, 11–9	Winner
1977	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	7–11, 11–3, 11–7	Winner
1977	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Joke van Beusekom	11–4, 11–8	Winner
1979	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	8–11, 11–7, 2–11	Runner-up
1981	German Open	Template:Flagicon Sally Leadbeater	12–11, 11–9	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1968	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Machiko Aizawa Template:Flagicon Etsuko Takenaka	11–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1968	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Rosalind Singha Ang Template:Flagicon Eva Twedberg	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1969	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Hiroe Amano Template:Flagicon Tomoko Takahashi	15–9, 15–9	Winner
1971	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Gillian Gilks Template:Flagicon Judy Hashman	15–10, 18–13	Winner
1971	U. S. Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Ethel Marshall Template:Flagicon Dorothy O'Neil	15–8, 15–2	Winner
1971	Canada Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Machiko Aizawa Template:Flagicon Etsuko Takenaka	Walkover	Winner
1971	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Takagi	Template:Flagicon Machiko Aizawa Template:Flagicon Etsuko Takenaka	15–10, 15–3	Winner
1972	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Noriko Nakayama	Template:Flagicon Machiko Aizawa Template:Flagicon Etsuko Takenaka	15–11, 11–15, 17–15	Winner

Invitational tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1974 (Glasgow)	World Invitational Championships	Template:Flagicon Lene Køppen	10–12, 11–6, 12–9	Gold Gold
1975	World Invitational Championships	Template:Flagicon Taty Sumirah	11–8, 11–7	Gold Gold

External links

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