Koji Kimura

Koji Kimura
Personal information
Full name KIMURA Koji
Nationality  Japan
Born December 1940[1]

Koji Kimura (born December 1940) is a retired Japanese table tennis player who won four world titles between 1961 and 1967.[2] He is left-handed.[3] [4]

Table tennis career

He won nine World Championship medals[5] included four gold medals; one in the doubles with Nobuya Hoshino; two in the mixed doubles with Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi and Masako Seki respectively and one in the team event for Japan.[6] [7]

Retirement

After retiring from competitions Kimura worked as a sports functionary. He is a senior member of the Japanese Olympic Committee and vice president of the Japanese Table Tennis Association. [8] In 2014 he was elected to the Advisory Council of the International Table Tennis Federation.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Executives of the JOC. Japanese Olympic Committee
  2. ↑ KIMURA Koji (JPN). ITTF_Database.
  3. ↑ Zeitschrift DTS, 1995/3 p. 35
  4. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  6. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  8. ↑ DTTB stiftet Nationaltrikot für den Japanbesuch der dsj. tischtennis.de. 31 August 2009
  9. ↑ President Advisory Council (PAC). International Table Tennis Federation
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