Saori Kondo (born 1956) is a former
badminton
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player who won Japanese national titles and excelled internationally in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Known for her quickness and determination, Kondo was runner-up in women's singles at the prestigious
All-England Championships in both 1978 and 1979. She performed exceptionally well for the
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
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Uber Cup
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(women's international) teams, which won consecutive world championships in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
and
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
.
[Pat Davis. The ''Gunness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 136.]
References
1956 births
Living people
Japanese female badminton players
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
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