Yoshiko Iwata

Yoshiko Iwata (岩田 良子, Iwata Yoshiko, born 27 March 1971) is a former Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. Iwata graduated from the Shijonawate Gakuen Junior College. she competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2] Iwata was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 1996 and 1998. She won some international tournament in Australia, Cuba, Guatemala, and Carebaco in 2003, also in Peru in 2004. She was selected as Yonex badminton manager in 2010.^[3]

Yoshiko Iwata
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1971-03-27) 27 March 1971 (age 53) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Japan Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Fujimi Tamura	Ladawan Mulasartsatorn Piyathip Sansaniyakulvilai	8–15, 8–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	U.S. Open	Miyuki Tai	Ha Jung-eun Lee Eun-woo	15–5, 15–4	Winner
2000	German Open	Haruko Matsuda	Lu Ying Huang Sui	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	Polish Open	Haruko Matsuda	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	15–4, 15–10	Winner
2000	Swedish Open	Haruko Matsuda	Jane F. Bramsen Pernille Harder	12–15, 15–17	Runner-up
1997	Denmark Open	Haruko Matsuda	Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange	16–18, 5–15	Runner-up
1997	U.S. Open	Haruko Matsuda	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	6–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Haruko Matsuda	Park Soo-yun Yim Kyung-jin	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Peru International	Miyuki Tai	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	15–3, 6–15, 15–8	Winner
2004	Iran Fajr International	Miyuki Tai	Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	4–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	Swedish International	Miyuki Tai	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2003	Guatemala International	Miyuki Tai	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	15–12, 15–1	Winner
2003	Southern Pan Am Classic	Miyuki Tai	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	15–2, 15–4	Winner
2003	Ballarat International	Miyuki Tai	Jane Crabtree Kate Wilson-Smith	15–4, 15–6	Winner
2003	Carebaco International	Miyuki Tai	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	15–5, 15–5	Winner
2003	South Africa International	Miyuki Tai	Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	15–4, 4–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	Croatian International	Miyuki Tai	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	11–8, 11–8	Winner
2003	Cuba International	Miyuki Tai	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	15–6, 15–4	Winner
2003	French International	Miyuki Tai	Elena Shimko Marina Yakusheva	11–1, 7–11, 11–9	Winner
2002	Macau Satellite	Miyuki Tai	Wang Xin Yuan Ting	11–7, 9–11, 6–11	Runner-up

References

1. "Players :Yoshiko Iwata". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
2. "選手 岩田 良子 （いわた よしこ）" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3. "バドミントン体験教室 岩田 良子(ヨネックス（株）バドミントンチーム) 東京都バドミントン協会" (in Japanese). Ariake-sportsfesta. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links

• Yoshiko Iwata at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Yoshiko Iwata at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)