Koji Kimura

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

Koji Kimura
Personal information
Full nameKIMURA Koji
Nationality Japan
BornDecember 1940[1]
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
1967 Stockholm Singles
1967 Stockholm Mixed Doubles
1967 Stockholm Team
1965 Ljubljana Mixed doubles
1965 Ljubljana Team
1963 Prague Mixed doubles
1963 Prague Team
1961 Beijing Doubles
1961 Beijing Team
Asian Championships
1964 Seoul Singles
1964 Seoul Doubles
1964 Seoul Mixed doubles
1964 Seoul Team

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 Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. tischtennis.de. 31 August 2009
  9. President Advisory Council (PAC). International Table Tennis Federation
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