Fujie Eguchi (江口冨士枝, ''Eguchi Fujie''; 18 November 1932 in

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in th ...

– 28 May 2021) was an international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1954 to 1959 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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, and in the

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. The sixteen World Championship medals included six gold medals; one in the singles at the

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, three in the team event and two in the mixed doubles with Ichiro Ogimura. She also won three English Open titles.

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1932 births 2021 deaths People from Nagasaki Japanese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese women {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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