is a former international

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player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1967 to 1977 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ...

and in the

Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of Asi ...

. The eleven World Championship medals included three

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s in the men's singles at the

1977 World Table Tennis Championships The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Birmingham at the then newly opened National Exhibition Centre, from March 28 to April 7, 1977. Organisation During these Championships, players and officials stayed at the Student Accommodat ...

and the men's team events at the

1967 World Table Tennis Championships The 1967 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Johanneshovs Isstadion in Stockholm from April 11 to April 21, 1967. During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism' and were de ...

and

1969 World Table Tennis Championships The 1969 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Munich from April 17 to April 27, 1969. It was the 30th edition to be contested. During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese sports professionals were denounced as 'Sprouts of Revisionism and we ...

References

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Mitsuru Kohno (the fourth photograph from the top) / Ryokuseikai (Alumni Association of Senshu University Table Tennis Team
Japanese male table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

See also

References

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