Kanako Yonekura

Personal information

Country

Japan

Born

October 29, 1976
Kodaira, Tokyo

Height

1.66 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)

Handedness

Right

Medal record

Asian Games
	1998	Singles
	1998	Team

Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako, born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a female badminton player from Japan.

Yonekura won the gold in Women's Singles of Badminton Tournament in 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final.

She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32.

References

Profile at Sankei Sports (Japanese)

Asian Games Badminton Champions in Women's Singles

1962: Minarni (INA) 1966: Noriko Nakayama (JPN) 1970: Hiroe Yuki (JPN) 1974: Chen Yuniang (CHN) 1978: Liang Quixia (CHN) 1982: Zhang Ailing (CHN) 1986: Han Aiping (CHN) 1990: Tang Jiuhong (CHN) 1994: Bang Soo-hyun (KOR) 1998: Kanako Yonekura (JPN) 2002: Zhou Mi (CHN) 2006: Wang Chen (HKG) 2010: Wang Shixian (CHN) 2014: Wang Yihan (CHN)

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