Kanako Yonekura

Template:Nihongo is a badminton player from Japan.

Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 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

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	1–11, 11–5, 11–6	Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Jun Jae-youn	2–11, 5–11	Bronze Bronze

World University Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Strasbourg, France	Template:Flagicon Choi Ma-ree	0–11, 12–10, 10–12	Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Strasbourg, France	Template:Flagicon Saori Itoh	Template:Flagicon Gao Leng Template:Flagicon Gao Yuan	1–15, 12–15	Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	7–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	11–9, 10–13, 13–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	6–11, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2007	India International	Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	21–13, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Scottish Open	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Cann	21–19, 18–21, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	White Nights	Template:Flagicon Olga Konon	21–11, 21–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Chie Umezu	11–21, 21–11, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Osaka International	Template:Flagicon Eriko Hirose	14–21, 11–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up	<ref name="osaka07">Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	Southern Panam Classic	Template:Flagicon Kelly Morgan	11–2, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Waikato International	Template:Flagicon Kaori Mori	11–4, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	South Africa International	Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	11–6, 4–11, 9–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Mauritius International	Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	11–5, 10–13, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Waitakere International	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	1–11, 2–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Australia Capital International	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	6–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei International	Template:Flagicon Chan Ya-lin	4–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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External links

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• Kanako Yonekura at Sankei Sports Template:In lang