Yoshiko Iwata

Yoshiko Iwata
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1971-03-27) 27 March 1971 (age 53)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
BWF profile

Yoshiko Iwata (岩田 良子, Iwata Yoshiko, born 27 March 1971) is a former Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. Iwata graduated from the Shijonawate Gakuen Junior College. she competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[1][2] Iwata was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 1996 and 1998. She won some international tournament in Australia, Cuba, Guatemala, and Carebaco in 2003, also in Peru in 2004. She was selected as Yonex badminton manager in 2010.[3]

  1. ^ "Players :Yoshiko Iwata". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "選手 岩田 良子 (いわた よしこ)" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "バドミントン体験教室 岩田 良子(ヨネックス(株)バドミントンチーム) 東京都バドミントン協会" (in Japanese). Ariake-sportsfesta. Retrieved 17 March 2018.