was a

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international

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player.

Table tennis career

Hayashi won a

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in the doubles with

Norikazu Fujii was a former Japanese international table tennis player. Table tennis career Fujii won a gold medal in the doubles with Tadaaki Hayashi at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships . He also won a bronze medal in the men's team event at the ...

at the

1952 World Table Tennis Championships The 1952 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Mumbai, Bombay from 1 to 10 February 1952.The 1952 World Championships were marked by the arrival of the Japanese as a Table Tennis force on the world scene. In another first t ...

. He also won a

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in the men's team event at the

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Japanese male table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists 1920 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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