Hiroe Yuki
Hiroe Yuki was a Japanese badminton player. She won numerous major international titles from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.
Career
Yuki was among the most notable of a cadre of fine players who helped Japan to win five of the six Uber Cup competitions held between 1966 and 1981. With the possible exception of Etsuko Toganoo she was Japan's most successful ever player at the prestigious All [England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Championships] winning four singles titles there, as well as a doubles title in partnership with her friendly rival Noriko Takagi. At the 1972 Summer Olympics|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.Personal life
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.Achievements
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Women's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Volleyballhalle, Munich, West Germany |  World ChampionshipsWomen's singles
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|1870silver2