Masako Seki
Full nameSEKI Masako
Nationality Japan
Born1941 or 1942
Died (aged 77)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 Ljubljana Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1965 Ljubljana Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1965 Ljubljana Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Prague Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1963 Prague Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1963 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Beijing Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1961 Beijing Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Seoul Singles
Gold medal – first place 1964 Seoul Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1964 Seoul Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1964 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Manila Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1963 Manila Team

Masako Seki (関 正子, Seki Masako, 1941 or 1942 – September 18, 2019) was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1961 to 1965 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[1]

Her eight World Championship medals[2][3] included four gold medals; two in team event, one in the doubles with Kimiyo Matsuzaki at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships and one in the mixed doubles with Koji Kimura at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]

She died at the age of 77 on September 18, 2019.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  6. ^ 元世界チャンピオンの両澤正子さんが逝去 (in Japanese)


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