Ai Fukuhara

Ai Fukuhara
Fukuhara at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)Ai-chan
Born (1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 35)
Sendai, Japan
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking4 (October 2015)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Bremen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Guangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Mixed doubles
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Bangkok Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Jeju-do Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lucknow Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Macau Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Busan Team

Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛, Fukuhara Ai, born 1 November 1988) is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medalist, winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team. She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "ITTF biography". ITTF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Ai Fukuhara's Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ^ "FUKUHARA Ai (JPN)". ITTF. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2011.