Saeko Hirota
Full nameHirota Saeko
Nationality Japan
Born1944
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Munich Mixed
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Munich Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Team

Saeko Hirota[1] (Japanese: 広田 佐枝子) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1967 to 1969, she won several medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[2]

Her four World Championship medals[3][4] included two gold medals in the doubles with Sachiko Morisawa and the team event at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. May 1, 1967. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  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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