Sachiko Morisawa (; born 1943) is a former international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1967 to 1969, she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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and in the

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. The four World Championship medals included treble

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in the singles, doubles and team at the

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. Her doubles partner was Saeko Hirota.

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Sachiko Morisawa (the second photograph) / Ryokuseikai (Alumni Association of Senshu University Table Tennis Team
1945 births Japanese female table tennis players Living people Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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