Tomi Okawa (born 26 February 1932) is a former international

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player from

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Career

From 1953 to 1961 Okawa won five medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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. The five World Championship medals included three

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s in the singles at the

1956 World Table Tennis Championships The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table ...

and two in the team event at the

1957 World Table Tennis Championships The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from March 7 to March 15, 1957. Medalists Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World ...

and

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 {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Tab ...

. Okawa also won an

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title.

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Japanese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 1932 births Living people {{Japan-tabletennis-bio-stub

Career

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