is a Japanese

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player who competed at the

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and

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. He won the national men's singles title in 1994 and 1996. He also won the national men's doubles title in 1995 with Seiichi Watanabe.

Career

Machida competed in the men's singles event at the

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where he lost the second round to eventual champion

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. He then made his second appearance at the Olympics in

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where he reached the third round but lost to Park Sung-woo. In 1997, he won a silver medal in men's singles at the 1997 Asian Games.

Achievements

East Asian Games

''Men's singles''

References

1969 births Living people Japanese male badminton players Olympic badminton players for Japan Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-badminton-bio-stub