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Emiko Ueno

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Emiko Ueno
Personal information
LandJapan
Born (1957-09-03) 3 September 1957 (age 67)
Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Malmö Women's doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Tokyo Women's doubles
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 1978 Auckland Women's team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Bangkok Women's team

Emiko Ueno (植野恵美子, Ueno Emiko, born on September 3, 1957, in Neyagawa) is a retired female badminton player of Japan, who specialized in doubles.

Career

In 1977 she won both the All-England Championships and IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Etsuko Toganoo. In 1978 she was a member of Japan's world champion Uber Cup (women's international) team. She was also the gold medalist in 1979 World Cup in Women's doubles with partner Yoshiko Yonekura.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20110520022601/http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~sakurasc/newpage5.html (in Japanese)