Hiroe Yuki
{{short description|Japanese badminton player}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 1977 Malmö | Women's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}
{{MedalSilver | 1979 Tokyo | Women's singles }}
{{MedalSilver | 1980 Kyoto | Women's singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | Uber Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 1966 Wellington | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 1969 Tokyo | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 1972 Tokyo | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 1978 Auckland | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 1981 Tokyo | Women's team }}
{{MedalSilver | 1975 Jakarta | Women's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1970 Bangkok | Women's singles }}
{{MedalGold | 1970 Bangkok | Women's team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1974 Tehran | Women's singles }}
{{MedalBronze | 1974 Tehran | Women's team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Bangkok | Women's team }}
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{{nihongo|Hiroe Yuki|湯木 博恵|Yuki Hiroe}} (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.{{cite web|url=http://bwfmuseum.isida.pro/library/profiles/news-150-1/|title=HIROE YUKI|website=bwfmuseum.isida.pro|access-date=26 June 2020}}
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.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlative Ltd., 1983) 133-136. 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.Pat Davis, Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1983), pp. 106, 108. 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.Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971), pg. 220
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
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | 1972 | align="left" | Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany | align="left" | {{Flagicon|INA}} Utami Dewi | align="left" | 5–11, 9–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | 16px Bronze |
= World Championships =
Women's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | 1977 | align="left" | Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 4–11, 7–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze |
= World Cup =
Women's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | 1979 | align="left" | Tokyo, Japan | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 7–11, 6–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
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| align="center" | 1980 | align="left" | Kyoto, Japan | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 4–11, 10–12 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver |
= Asian Games =
Women's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Year !Venue !Opponent !Score !Result |
| style="background:#FFB069"
| align="center" | 1970 | align="left" | Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Thongkam Kingmanee | align="left" | 12–9, 11–8 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#FFB069"
| align="center" | 1974 | align="left" | Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran | align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Oh Youn-han | align="left" | 11–4, 11–2 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze |
= International tournaments =
Women's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| align="center" | 1968
| align="left" | Singapore Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 7–11, 12–10, 4–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1968
| align="left" | Malaysia Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eva Twedberg | align="left" | 11–1, 11–6 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1969
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 11–5, 11–5 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1969
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 12–10, 11–2 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | U. S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 5–11, 9–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | Canada Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 12–9, 11–0 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | 7–11, 7–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1972
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Nakayama | align="left" | 5–11, 11–3, 7–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1973
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Imre Rietveld | align="left" | 11–7, 11–6 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1974
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 11–6, 12–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1974
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 11–4, 9–12, 12–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1975
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 11–5, 11–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1977
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 7–11, 11–3, 11–7 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1977
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|NED}} Joke van Beusekom | align="left" | 11–4, 11–8 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1979
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 8–11, 11–7, 2–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1981
| align="left" | German Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sally Leadbeater | align="left" | 12–11, 11–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
Women's doubles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
!Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponent !Score !Result |
| align="center" | 1968
| align="left" | Malaysia Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Machiko Aizawa | align="left" | 11–15, 10–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up |
| align="center" | 1968
| align="left" | Singapore Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Rosalind Singha Ang | align="left" | 15–6, 15–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1969
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hiroe Amano | align="left" | 15–9, 15–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Gillian Gilks | align="left" | 15–10, 18–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | U. S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ethel Marshall | align="left" | 15–8, 15–2 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | Canada Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Machiko Aizawa | align="left" | Walkover | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1971
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Takagi | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Machiko Aizawa | align="left" | 15–10, 15–3 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
| align="center" | 1972
| align="left" | Denmark Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noriko Nakayama | align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Machiko Aizawa | align="left" | 15–11, 11–15, 17–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner |
= Invitational tournament =
Women's singles
| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |
| style="background:#FFE0AF"
| align="center" | 1974 (Glasgow) | align="left" | World Invitational Championships | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Lene Køppen | align="left" | 10–12, 11–6, 12–9 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
| style="background:#FFE0AF"
| align="center" | 1975 | align="left" | World Invitational Championships | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Taty Sumirah | align="left" | 11–8, 11–7 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold |
References
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External links
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
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