Yoshiko Iwata


Yoshiko Iwata is a former Japanese badminton player from the Yonex team. Iwata graduated from the Shijonawate Gakuen Junior College. she competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Iwata was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 1996 and 1998. She won some international tournament in Australia, Cuba, Guatemla, and Carebaco in 2003, also in Peru in 2004. She was selected as Yonex badminton manager in 2010.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Cheras Indoor Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fujimi Tamura Ladawan Mulasartsatorn
Piyathip Sansaniyakulvilai
8–15, 8–15 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003U.S. Open Miyuki Tai Ha Jung-eun
Lee Eun-woo
15–5, 15–4 Winner
2000German Open Haruko Matsuda Lu Ying
Huang Sui
5–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2000Polish Open Haruko Matsuda Britta Andersen
Lene Mørk
15–4, 15–10 Winner
2000Swedish Open Haruko Matsuda Jane F. Bramsen
Pernille Harder
12–15, 15–17 Runner-up
1997Denmark Open Haruko Matsuda Ann Jørgensen
Majken Vange
16–18, 5–15 Runner-up
1997U.S. Open Haruko Matsuda Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
6–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1997Chinese Taipei Open Haruko Matsuda Park Soo-yun
Yim Kyung-jin
12–15, 8–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Peru International Miyuki Tai Helen Nichol
Charmaine Reid
15–3, 6–15, 15–8 Winner
2004Iran Fajr International Miyuki Tai Jiang Yanmei
Li Yujia
4–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2004Swedish International Miyuki Tai Kamila Augustyn
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
5–15, 3–15 Runner-up
2003Guatemala International Miyuki Tai Felicity Gallup
Joanne Muggeridge
15–12, 15–1 Winner
2003Southern Pan Am Classic Miyuki Tai Felicity Gallup
Joanne Muggeridge
15–2, 15–4 Winner
2003Ballarat International Miyuki Tai Jane Crabtree
Kate Wilson-Smith
15–4, 15–6 Winner
2003Carebaco International Miyuki Tai Helen Nichol
Charmaine Reid
15–5, 15–5 Winner
2003South Africa International Miyuki Tai Chikako Nakayama
Keiko Yoshitomi
15–4, 4–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2003Croatian International Miyuki Tai Kamila Augustyn
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
11–8, 11–8 Winner
2003Cuba International Miyuki Tai Helen Nichol
Charmaine Reid
15–6, 15–4 Winner
2003French International Miyuki Tai Elena Shimko
Marina Yakusheva
11–1, 7–11, 11–9 Winner
2002Macau Satellite Miyuki Tai Wang Xin
Yuan Ting
11–7, 9–11, 6–11 Runner-up