Fujie Eguchi

Fujie Eguchi (江口 冨士枝, Eguchi Fujie; 18 November 1932 in Nagasaki – 28 May 2021[1]) was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Fujie Eguchi
Full nameFujie Eguchi
Nationality Japan
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1959 Dortmund Singles
1959 Dortmund Doubles
1959 Dortmund Mixed Doubles
1959 Dortmund Team
1957 Stockholm Singles
1957 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
1957 Stockholm Team
1956 Tokyo Singles
1956 Tokyo Doubles
1956 Tokyo Team
1955 Utrecht Doubles
1955 Utrecht Team
1954 Wembley Singles
1954 Wembley Doubles
1954 Wembley Mixed Doubles
1954 Wembley Team
Asian Championships
1953 Tokyo Doubles

Table tennis career

From 1954 to 1959 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2]

The sixteen World Championship medals[3][4] included six gold medals; one in the singles at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships, three in the team event and two in the mixed doubles with Ichiro Ogimura.[5][6]

She also won three English Open titles.

See also

References
  1. 卓球元王者、江口冨士枝さん死去　５０年代に活躍 (in Japanese)
  2. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  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.


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