Kanako Yonekura

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Kanako Yonekura
Personal information
Born (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976 (age 49)
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
BWF profile

Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako; born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a badminton player from Japan.[1]

Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 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.

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1998 Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand Error creating thumbnail: Gong Zhichao 1–11, 11–5, 11–6 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea Jun Jae-youn 2–11, 5–11 Bronze Bronze

World University Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1996 Strasbourg, France South Korea Choi Ma-ree 0–11, 12–10, 10–12 Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Strasbourg, France Error creating thumbnail: Saori Itoh Error creating thumbnail: Gao Leng
Error creating thumbnail: Gao Yuan
1–15, 12–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2000 Korea Open Error creating thumbnail: Camilla Martin 6–11, 6–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000 Swedish Open Error creating thumbnail: Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn 11–9, 10–13, 13–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [2]
2003 Thailand Open Error creating thumbnail: Dai Yun 7–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2007 India International India Saina Nehwal 21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [3]
2007 Scottish Open Error creating thumbnail: Elizabeth Cann 21–19, 18–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
2007 White Nights Belarus Olga Konon 21–11, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Australian Open Error creating thumbnail: Chie Umezu 11–21, 21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Osaka International Error creating thumbnail: Eriko Hirose 14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5]
2003 Southern Panam Classic Wales Kelly Morgan 11–2, 11–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Waikato International Error creating thumbnail: Kaori Mori 11–4, 11–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 South Africa International Error creating thumbnail: Pi Hongyan 11–6, 4–11, 9–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2003 Mauritius International Error creating thumbnail: Pi Hongyan 11–5, 10–13, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000 Waitakere International Error creating thumbnail: Wang Chen 1–11, 2–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000 Australia Capital International Error creating thumbnail: Wang Chen 6–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1997 Chinese Taipei International Chinese Taipei Chan Ya-lin 4–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Kanako YONEKURA | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Results: Badminton Swedish Open". Dagens Nyheter (in svenska). 6 March 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "A long way to go". Sportstar. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Blair claims Scots title double". BBC Sport. 25 November 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Reports: Osaka International Challenge 2007". Nippon Badminton Association (in 日本語). 8 April 2007. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2025.