Haruko Matsuda

Haruko Matsuda

Personal information
Born	(1972-01-11) 11 January 1972 Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
BWF profile
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Japan Asian Games Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Women's team

Haruko Matsuda (松田 治子, Matsuda Haruko; born 11 January 1972) is a former Japanese badminton player. Matsuda graduated from the Kumamoto Chuo High School. The Fujitsu player, competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Matsuda won the National Championships in the mixed doubles event in 1991 and 1995; and in the women's doubles event in 1996 and 1998.

Achievements

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2000	German Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Lu Ying Huang Sui	5–15, 3–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2000	Polish Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Britta Andersen Lene Mørk	15–4, 15–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000	Swedish Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Jane F. Bramsen Pernille Harder	12–15, 15–17	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1997	Denmark Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange	16–18, 5–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1997	U.S. Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	6–15, 2–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Yoshiko Iwata	Park Soo-yun Yim Kyung-jin	12–15, 8–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

IBF International

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Australia Capital International	Yuzo Kubota	Albertus Susanto Njoto Chan Mei Mei	9–15, 13–15	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

External links

• Haruko Matsuda – Sydney 2000 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)