Kiiko Watanabe is a former international table tennis player from Japan.[1]

Kiiko Watanabe
Full nameWatanabe Kiiko
Nationality Japan
Born1935
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1957 Stockholm Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Singles
Silver medal – second place 1956 Tokyo Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Utrecht Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1955 Utrecht Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Wembley Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1954 Wembley Team

Table tennis career

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From 1954 to 1957 she won ten medals in singles,[2] doubles and in team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The ten World Championship medals[4] included two gold medals 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.