Yoshiko Tanaka (table tennis)

Yoshiko Tanaka (田中 良子, Tanaka Yoshiko) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.[1]

Yoshiko Tanaka
Full nameTanaka Yoshiko
Nationality Japan
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1956 Tokyo Doubles
1956 Tokyo Mixed
1956 Tokyo Team
1955 Utrecht Doubles
1955 Utrecht Team
1954 Wembley Singles
1954 Wembley Team

Table tennis career

She won a gold medal in the women's team event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1954.[2][3][4]

In addition she won six other World Championship medals; one in the singles,[5] two in the doubles, one in the mixed doubles and two in the team event.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. "Women's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  6. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.


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