Hiroe Yuki

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.[1]

Hiroe Yuki
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1977 Malmö Women's singles
World Cup
1979 Tokyo Women's singles
1980 Kyoto Women's singles
Uber Cup
1966 Wellington Women's team
1969 Tokyo Women's team
1972 Tokyo Women's team
1975 Jakarta Women's team
1978 Auckland Women's team
1981 Tokyo Women's team
Asian Games
1970 Bangkok Women's singles
1970 Bangkok Women's team
1974 Tehran Women's singles
1974 Tehran Women's team
1978 Bangkok Women's team

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Achievements

Olympic Games (demonstration)
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1972 Munich, West Germany Utami Dewi 5–11, 9–11 Bronze

World Championships
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1977 Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden Gillian Gilks 4–11, 7–11 Bronze

World Cup
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1979 Tokyo, Japan Lene Køppen 7–11, 6–11 Silver
1980 Kyoto, Japan Lene Køppen 4–11, 10–12 Silver

Asian Games
Women's singles
Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1970 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Thongkam Kingmanee 12–9, 11–8 Gold
1974 Amjadieh Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran Oh Youn-han 11–4, 11–2 Bronze

International tournaments
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1968 Singapore Open Noriko Takagi 7–11, 12–10, 4–11 Runner-up
1968 Malaysia Open Eva Twedberg 11–1, 11–6 Winner
1969 All England Open Noriko Takagi 11–5, 11–5 Winner
1969 Denmark Open Noriko Takagi 12–10, 11–2 Winner
1971 U. S. Open Noriko Takagi 5–11, 9–11 Runner-up
1971 Canadian Open Winner
1971 Denmark Open Noriko Takagi 7–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1972 All England Open Noriko Nakayama 5–11, 11–3, 7–11 Runner-up
1973 Denmark Open Imre Rietveld 11–7, 11–6 Winner
1974 All England Open Gillian Gilks 11–6, 12–11 Winner
1974 Denmark Open Lene Køppen 11–4, 9–12, 12–9 Winner
1975 All England Open Gillian Gilks 11–5, 11–9 Winner
1977 All England Open Lene Køppen 7–11, 11–3, 11–7 Winner
1977 Denmark Open Joke van Beusekom 11–4, 11–8 Winner
1979 Denmark Open Lene Køppen 8–11, 11–7, 2–11 Runner-up
1981 German Open Sally Leadbeater 12–11, 11–9 Winner
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1968 Singapore Open Noriko Takagi Rosalind Singha Ang
Eva Twedberg		 15–6, 15–11 Winner
1969 Denmark Open Noriko Takagi Hiroe Amano
Tomoko Takahashi		 15–9, 15–9 Winner
1971 All England Open Noriko Takagi Gillian Gilks
Judy Hashman		 15–10, 18–13 Winner
1971 U. S. Open Noriko Takagi Ethel Marshall
Dorothy O'Neil		 15–8, 15–2 Winner
1971 Canadian Open Noriko Takagi Winner
1971 Denmark Open Noriko Takagi Etsuko Takenaka
Machiko Aizawa		 15–10, 15–3 Winner
1972 Denmark Open Noriko Nakayama Etsuko Takenaka
Machiko Aizawa		 15–11, 11–15, 17–15 Winner

Invitational tournament
Women's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1974 (Glasgow) World Invitational Championships Lene Køppen 10–12, 11–6, 12–9 Gold
1975 World Invitational Championships Taty Sumirah 11–8, 11–7 Gold

Personal

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.

References
  1. "HIROE YUKI". bwfmuseum.isida.pro. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlative Ltd., 1983) 133-136.
  3. Pat Davis, Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1983), pp. 106, 108.
  4. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J.A. Jennings Ltd., 1971), pg. 220


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