Taeko Namba is a former international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1957 to 1959 she won several medals in doubles, and in team events in the

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. The four World Championship medals included three gold medals; two in the team event and one in the doubles with Kazuko Yamaizumi. She also won two

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titles.

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Japanese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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