Saeko Hirota () is a former international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

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

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and in the

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. Her four World Championship medals included two

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s in the doubles with

Sachiko Morisawa Sachiko Morisawa (; born 1943) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1967 to 1969, she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian ...

and the team event at the

1967 World Table Tennis Championships The 1967 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm from April 11 to April 21, 1967. During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism' and were den ...

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Japanese female table tennis players {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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