Ayaka Takahashi

Ayaka Takahashi (高橋 礼華, Takahashi Ayaka, born 19 April 1990) is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist.

Ayaka Takahashi
Takahashi at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990
Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired31 August 2020
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Misaki Matsutomo 20 October 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
World Championships
2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Donggguan Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2014 New Delhi Women's team
2012 Wuhan Women's team
2016 Kunshan Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
2014 Incheon Women's doubles
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
2016 Wuhan Women's doubles
2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
2015 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
2016 Hyderabad Women's team
BWF profile

Playing for the Unisys team with her regular partner Misaki Matsutomo in the women's doubles, she won five National Championships titles. In the international event, Takahashi and Matsutomo were ranked world number ones in October 2014. They won numerous international titles, including the year-end tournament finals in 2014 and 2018; the historical All England Open in 2016; the Olympic Games in 2016; and also the Asian Championships in 2016 and 2017. The duo won the Badminton World Federation's Female Player of the Year award in 2016.

Takahashi was also a member of the victorious Japanese team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships and of the victorious women's team at the 2018 Asia Team Championships, 2018 Asian Games, and the 2018 Uber Cup.

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