AI FUKUHARA , JAPAN TABLE TENNIS PLAYER GOT ENGAGED IN RIO OLYMPICS, BORN 1988 ,NOVEMBER 1
AI FUKUHARA , JAPAN TABLE TENNIS PLAYER GOT ENGAGED IN RIO OLYMPICS, BORN 1988 ,NOVEMBER 1 Ai Fukuhara (福原 愛 Fukuhara Ai, born 1 November 1988) is a Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medallist, winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team. She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways.[3][4][5] Table tennis career[edit source] Fukuhara began playing at the age of 3 and became a professional at age 10. 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 2002, she became the youngest-ever Japanese representative for the Asian Games.[7] In 2003, she reached the quarter-final, losing to top-seeded Zhang Yining, in her World Championships debut in Paris.[8] In 2004, she took part in the World Team Championships and helped Team Japan f...