Kasumi ishikawa ai fukuhara biography
Kasumi ishikawa ai fukuhara biography
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Ai Fukuhara
Japanese table tennis player
Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛, Fukuhara Ai, born 1 November ) is a retired Japanesetable tennis player and Olympic medalist, winning silver at the Summer Olympics and bronze at the Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team.
She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways.[3][4][5]
Table tennis career
Fukuhara began playing at the age of 3 and became a professional at age The following year, she became the youngest player ever to become a member of the Japanese national team.
Because of her age, she has been regarded as a "child prodigy" in table tennis.[6] At age 13, in , she became the youngest-ever Japanese representative for the Asian Games.[7] In , she reached the quarter-final, losing to top-seeded Zhang Yining, in her World Championships debut in Paris.
[8] In , she took part in the World Team Championships and helped Team Japan finish third.
Olympic participation
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