Masako Seki

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

Masako Seki
Full name	SEKI Masako
Nationality	Japan
Born	1941 or 1942
Died	18 September 2019 (aged 77)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Japan World Championships 1965 Ljubljana Doubles 1965 Ljubljana Mixed Doubles 1965 Ljubljana Team 1963 Prague Doubles 1963 Prague Mixed Doubles 1963 Prague Team 1961 Beijing Mixed Doubles 1961 Beijing Team Asian Championships 1964 Seoul Singles 1964 Seoul Doubles 1964 Seoul Mixed Doubles 1964 Seoul Team 1963 Manila Doubles 1963 Manila Team

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

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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)