Masako Seki

Masako Seki (Japanese关 正 子, Masako Seki, * about 1943 ), married Masako Morosawa (両 沢 正 子, Morosawa Masako ), is a Japanese table tennis player. It was in the 1960s, four times world champion and five times Asian champions.

Career

Masako Seki in 1961 and 1963 Japanese champion in singles and number one in the Japanese rankings.

She took part in the World Championships in 1961, 1963 and 1965 and won every time at least two medals. In 1961 she won bronze in mixed doubles with Nobuya Hoshino and gold with the Japanese women's team in 1963 they won the double with Kimiyo Matsuzaki and with the team in the Mixed with Keiichi Miki she reached the final. Finally, it was established in 1965 in the Mixed with Koji Kimura world champion, a silver medal in the team event and doubles with Noriko Yamanaka.

Twice Masako Seki took part in the Asian Championships. In 1963 she won the double with Kimiyo Matsuzaki and with the team. A year later she became Asia champion in singles, doubles with Naoko Fukazu and with the team that mixed with Koji Kimura failed only in the finale.

In the ITTF World Ranking she finished 1964/65 third place.

In 1991, on the initiative of some middle school teacher, a table tennis tournament in Adachi organized for up to 14 - year old who with Seki - Masako -hai Shōchūgakusei Takkyu Taikai (关 正 子 杯 小 中学生 卓 球 大会, dt " Masako Seki Cup, elementary and middle school students table Tennis Tournament " ) got its name, and today about 100 participating teams from the Kanto region and surrounding prefectures where.

Results from the ITTF database