Sumiko Kitada Explained

Sumiko Kitada
北田 (-芝)•スミ子
Birth Date:1962 3, df=y
Birth Place:Daitō, Osaka, Japan
Height:1.64 m
Weight:59 kg[1]
Event:Women's singles and doubles
Country:Japan
Handedness:Right

, later, is a retired Japanese badminton player.[2] After working at Shijonawate Junior College, Kitada played for Sanyo Electric Ltd. and won a bronze medal in the women's singles exhibition event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She is the eight-time Japanese national champion and doubles runner-up four times. She also finished third in the 1986 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals. In 2005, she was appointed as a member of the Nippon Badminton Association Strengthening Committee, and after serving as the head of the strengthening headquarters, she was appointed as the head of the national strengthening department in June 2015.[3] [4]

Achievements

Olympic Games (exhibition)

Women's singles! Year! Venue! Opponent! Score! Result
1988Seoul National University Gymnasium,
Seoul, South Korea
Kirsten Larsen11–4, 11–8 Bronze

Asian Games

Women's singles! Year! Venue! Opponent! Score! Result
1982Indraprastha Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India
Zhang Ailing11–8, 6–11, 1–11 Bronze
Women's doubles! Year! Venue! Partner! Opponent! Score! Result
1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Kimiko Jinnai Guan Weizhen
Lin Ying
2–15, 1–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles! Year! Tournament! Opponent! Score! Result
1986English Masters Yao Fen11–1, 2–11, 0–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles! Year! Tournament! Partner! Opponent! Score! Result
1983Swedish Open Shigemi Kawamura Jane Webster
Nora Perry
10–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1986Chinese Taipei Open Harumi Kohara Ivana Lie
Verawaty Fadjrin
11–15, 8–15 Runner-up

International tournaments

Women's singles! Year! Tournament! Opponent! Score! Result
1982Scandinavian Cup Qian Ping2–11, 8–11 Runner-up
1982Indonesia Open Verawaty Fadjrin8–11, 10–12 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles! Year! Tournament! Partner! Opponent! Score! Result
1983German Open Shigemi Kawamura Helen Troke
Karen Chapman
15–10, 15–4 Winner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 第16回全日本女子バドミントンチャンピオンズトーナメント. ja. 12 June 2021.
  2. Web site: 代々木第二体育館は小龍包に似ている……. https://web.archive.org/web/20110922095617/http://www.jsports.co.jp/tv/bad/jinnai/2008/11/post_26.html. 22 September 2011. www.jsports.co.jp . 11 June 2021 . Ja.
  3. Web site: 芝スミ子(日本バドミントン協会ナショナル強化部長)<上> . https://web.archive.org/web/20210611094606/https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/sports/184722/3. nikkan-gendai.com. 11 June 2021. 30 June 2016 . 11 June 2021. Ja.
  4. Web site: 早稲田アスリートプログラム 第9回早稲田アスリート講演会「気配りで人を動かす~リオ金メダル獲得の理由~」(講師:芝スミ子さん)を開催しました. www.waseda.jp. 10 April 2017. 11 June 2021.