Yoshiko Yonekura is a retired female badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 who won Japanese national and international titles in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Career

In 1980 she won women's singles at the Danish Open, women's singles and doubles at the Swedish Open

Swedish Open (badminton)

The Swedish Open was an open badminton tournament that was annually held from 1956 to 1999 after which the organizer, Svenska Badmintonförbundet, could no longer find a suitable sponsor. To some extent it has been replaced by the Swedish International Stockholm tournament.-Winners:...

, and a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships

1980 IBF World Championships

-Medalists:-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's doubles:-Mixed doubles:-Medal table:-External links:*http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19800528.1.26.aspx...

 in women's doubles with Atsuko Tokuda

Atsuko Tokuda

Atsuko Tokuda is a retired female badminton player of Japan. She shared a number of major international doubles titles in the late 1970s and the 1980s including the All-England women's doubles title with Mikiko Takada in 1978 and the Danish Open in 1981 with Takada, and with Yoshiko Yonekura Tago...

. She was a member of world champion Japanese Uber Cup

Uber Cup

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...

(women's international) teams in 1978 and in 1981.