was one of the best
table tennis players worldwide from 1966 to 1974.
Table tennis career
From 1966 until 1974 he won five
gold medals at world championships and two golds at the Asian Games.
[
In total he won ten World Championship medals]Noriko Yamanaka
is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Table tennis career
From 1963 to 1967 she won nine medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.
The nine World Championship medals included three ...
and Yasuko Konno
is a former table tennis player from Japan.
Table tennis career
In 1969 and 1971 she won three medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.
The three World Championship medals included two gold medals; one in the ...
respectively and his men's doubles partners were Mitsuru Kono
is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Table tennis career
From 1967 to 1977 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.
The el ...
and Tokio Tasaka
is a Japanese former international table tennis player.
He won seven World Table Tennis Championships medals; fours silver medals and three bronze medals. His doubles partners were Nobuhiko Hasegawa and Sachiko Yokota.
After retiring from tab ...
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Hasegawa was a famous exponent of heavy topspin forehand attack, combined with lob defence. He used a modified shakehands grip with the index finger pointing down the center of the blade. This made his backhand a little awkward for fast attack, so even though a shakehander his tactics were similar to the Japanese penholders with wonderful footwork.[
Hasegawa died while felling trees near his home and was buried under a tree.][
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See also
* List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
* List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
Japanese male table tennis players
1947 births
2005 deaths
People from Seto, Aichi
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Aichi Institute of Technology alumni
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