is a Japanese former international
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player.
Table tennis career
He won a
silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the a
1961 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Peking from April 5 to April 14, 1961.
Medalists Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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Personal life
His son is
Hiroshi Shibutani and they became the first father and son to win the All-Japan Singles title.
See also
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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 ...
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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
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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