. It's sad to read the news that Hiroe Yuki (Niinuma) died of cancer on Wednesday, 07-Sep-2011. She was 62. Any BCers remember how great a player Hiroe was? Hiroe won the All-England Championships titles 5 times; * Singles in 1969, 1974, 1975 and 1977 * Doubles in 1971 (with Noriko Takagi) Hiroe helped Japan to win 5 Uber Cup titles between 1966 and 1981. In 2002, Hiroe was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. .
Hiroe Yuki also won the gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games . Hiroe also won the gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok. Here are a few related links; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroe_Yuki http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2011/09/113628.html http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/sports/news/20110908p2g00m0sp069000c.html .
I also feel sad. The news suddenly appeared. She worked fine as comentater tv and editor. Period of her players age Women of Japan was very strong.
