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Machiko Aizawa is a former badminton player from Japan who won Japanese national and major international titles from the late 1960's to the mid 1970's. Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court Though highly competitive in singles, her greatest success came in women's doubles with Etsuko Takenaka Toganoo. (formerly Etsuko Takenaka) is a retired female Badminton player of Japan noted for her consistency and impassive demeanor They shared the prestigious All-England Championships in 1972, 1973, and 1975[1]. The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious Badminton tournaments They won the Danish Open women's doubles title in 1970 and 1974, the quadrennial Asian Games championship in 1970, and the U.S. Open women's doubles title, on their only try, in 1970[2]. The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual Badminton tournament held in Denmark and organized by Danmarks Badminton Forbund The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a Multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The US Open Badminton Championships is an annual Badminton tournament held in the United States since 1937 and organized by USA Badminton. Aizawa played on Japan's 1972 Uber Cup (women's international) team which retained the world championship, and its 1975 team which lost the title to Indonesia[3]. The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international Badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams

References

  1. ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. , 1983) 108. (
  2. ^ "The U. S. National Open," Badminton USA, May 1970, 5.
  3. ^ Davis, 135.

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