(1962-03-31) 31 March 1962 (age 62) Daitō, Osaka, Japan
Height
1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight
59 kg (130 lb)[1]
Handedness
Right
Event
Women's singles and doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Japan
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi
Women's team
1986 Seoul
Women's team
1982 New Delhi
Women's singles
1986 Seoul
Women's doubles
Sumiko Kitada (北田 スミ子, Kitada Sumiko, born 31 March 1962), later Sumiko Shiba (芝 スミ子, Shiba Sumiko), is a retired Japanese badminton player.[2] After working at Shijonawate Junior College, Kitada played for Sanyo Electric Ltd. and won a bronze medal in the women's singles exhibition event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She is the eight-time Japanese national champion and doubles runner-up four times. She also finished third in the 1986 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals. In 2005, she was appointed as a member of the Nippon Badminton Association Strengthening Committee, and after serving as the head of the strengthening headquarters, she was appointed as the head of the national strengthening department in June 2015.[3][4]
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^"早稲田アスリートプログラム 第9回早稲田アスリート講演会「気配りで人を動かす～リオ金メダル獲得の理由～」（講師：芝スミ子さん）を開催しました". www.waseda.jp. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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