Kanako Yonekura

Kanako Yonekura
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1976-10-29) October 29, 1976 Kodaira, Tokyo
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Handedness	Right
Medal record Asian Games 1998 Singles 1998 Team

Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako, born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a female badminton player from Japan.

Yonekura won the gold in Women's Singles of Badminton Tournament in 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

Individual Titles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
2007	India International	Saina Nehwal	21-13, 21-18	2007	Scottish Open	Elizabeth Cann	21-19, 18-21, 21-17
2007	White Nights	Olga Konon	21-11, 21-7
2007	Australian Open	Chie Umezu	11-21, 21-11, 21-10
2003	Southern Panam Classic	Kelly Morgan	11-2, 11-3
2003	Waikato International	Kaori Mori	11-4, 11-2
2000	Swedish Open	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	11-9, 10-13, 13-10
1998	Asian Games	Gong Zhichao	1-11, 11-5, 11-6

References

Profile at Sankei Sports (in Japanese)