Tomi Okawa

Tomie Okawa
Full name OKADA-OKAWA Tomi
Nationality  Japan

Tomi Okawa is a former female international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1953 to 1961 she won five medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1]

The five World Championship medals[2] [3] included three gold medals in the singles at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships and two in the team event at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships and 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[4] [5]

She also won an English Open title.

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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