Kanako Yonekura Explained

Kanako Yonekura
Birth Date:	29 October 1976
Birth Place:	Kodaira, Tokyo
Weight:	57kg (126lb)
Country:	Japan
Handedness:	Right
Bwf Id:	5DAC3F7A-B65A-4A92-A503-176D8A3EDE0A

is a badminton player from Japan.

Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final.

She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32.

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's singles

Asian Championships

Women's singles

World University Championships

Women's singles

Women's doubles

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Thailand Open	Dai Yun	7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2000	Swedish Open	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	11–9, 10–13, 13–10	Winner
2000	Korea Open	Camilla Martin	6–11, 6–11	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	India International	Saina Nehwal	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2007	Scottish Open	Elizabeth Cann	21–19, 18–21, 21–17	Winner
2007	White Nights	Olga Konon	21–11, 21–7	Winner
2007	Australian Open	Chie Umezu	11–21, 21–11, 21–10	Winner
2007	Osaka International	Eriko Hirose	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2003	Southern Panam Classic	Kelly Morgan	11–2, 11–3	Winner
2003	Waikato International	Kaori Mori	11–4, 11–2	Winner
2003	South Africa International	Pi Hongyan	11–6, 4–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2003	Mauritius International	Pi Hongyan	11–5, 10–13, 4–11	Runner-up
2000	Waitakere International	Wang Chen	1–11, 2–11	Runner-up
2000	Australia Capital International	Wang Chen	6–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei International	Chan Ya-lin	4–11, 8–11	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament