Eugenia Tanaka

Eugenia Tanaka
Personal information
Nickname(s) U.G.
Country  Australia
Born (1987-03-09) 9 March 1987
Kisaran, North Sumatra,
Indonesia
Residence Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Coach Ricky Yu
BWF profile

Eugenia Tanaka (born March 9, 1987 in Kisaran, North Sumatra, Indonesia) is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player.[1] At the age of fourteen, Tanaka moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she started playing badminton, and obtained a dual citizenship.[2] Tanaka is also a member of Badminton Academy of Victoria, and is coached and trained by Ricky Yu.[3]

Tanaka qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Tanaka and her partner Tania Luiz lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Eugenia Tanaka". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Eugenia Tanaka: Sweat and sacrifice for Badminton glory". ABC News Australia. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Barlow, Karen (23 June 2008). "Badminton team faces tough fight for Olympic medals". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's Doubles Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Luiz and Tanaka bow out in badminton". ABC News Australia. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2013.


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