Megumi Taruno (樽野 恵, Taruno Megumi, born 18 May 1988) is a Japanese female badminton player. Taruno was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, and graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kanazawa Koyo Kotogakko High School. She started playing badminton at aged 5, and then she joined the NTT East badminton team.[1][2] In 2007, she became the runner-up at the Indonesia - Surabaya International tournament in the women's singles event.[3] She won first international title at the 2008 Osaka International tournament, then in May 2008 she won the women's doubles event at the Smiling Fish International tournament partnered with Oku Yukina.[1][4] In February 2016, she retired from the NTT East badminton team, and started her career as a coach in the United States.[5][6]
| Megumi Taruno | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1988 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 32 (WS 11 March 2010) 27 (WD 9 October 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Achievements edit
BWF International Challenge/Series edit
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | Osaka International |  Minatsu Mitani
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10–21, 10–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2008 | Smiling Fish International |  Porntip Buranaprasertsuk
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17–21, 23–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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| 2008 | Australian International | Mizuki Fujii
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16–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
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| 2008 | Osaka International | Mayu Sekiya
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21–16, 21–15 |  Winner
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| 2007 | Indonesia - Surabaya International |  Chiu Yi-ju
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18–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Austrian International | Misato Aratama
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 Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean
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21–14, 22–20 | Winner
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| 2008 | Smiling Fish International | Oku Yukina
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Ayaka Takahashi Koharu Yonemoto
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21–15, 22–20 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ a b "選手・スタッフ紹介 / 樽野 恵". www.ntt-east.co.jp (in Japanese). Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Player: 樽野 恵/ Megumi Taruno". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). Smash & Net Tv. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Tantowi/Yulianti Juara Ganda Campuran Indonesia Challenge". www.suaramerdeka.com (in Indonesian). Suara Merdeka. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "ผลการแข่งขันปุ้มปุ้ย ครั้งที่19 (2008)". smasherteam.blogspot.co.id (in Thai). Smasher Badminton Diary. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "引退の竹村「先が見えない時期も過ごしたが、幸せな選手生活だった」". www.jsports.co.jp (in Japanese). J SPORTS Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "27歳で現役を退いた樽野恵が挑む、バドミントン界で日本人初の試み". azrena.com (in Japanese). AZrena. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
External links edit
- Megumi Taruno at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com