Fujie Eguchi

Fujie Eguchi
Personal information
Full nameFujie Eguchi
Nationality Japan
Born(1932-11-18)18 November 1932
Died28 May 2021(2021-05-28) (aged 88)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1959 DortmundSingles
Silver medal – second place1959 DortmundDoubles
Gold medal – first place1959 DortmundMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1959 DortmundTeam
Gold medal – first place1957 StockholmSingles
Gold medal – first place1957 StockholmMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1957 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoSingles
Silver medal – second place1956 TokyoDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place1955 UtrechtDoubles
Silver medal – second place1955 UtrechtTeam
Bronze medal – third place1954 WembleySingles
Bronze medal – third place1954 WembleyDoubles
Silver medal – second place1954 WembleyMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1954 WembleyTeam
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place1953 TokyoDoubles

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.

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 Archived 2021-06-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
  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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