Koji Kimura

Koji Kimura
Personal information
Full nameKIMURA Koji
Nationality Japan
Born (1940-12-11) 11 December 1940[1]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1967 StockholmSingles
Silver medal – second place1967 StockholmMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place1967 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1965 LjubljanaMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1965 LjubljanaTeam
Gold medal – first place1963 PragueMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place1963 PragueTeam
Gold medal – first place1961 BeijingDoubles
Silver medal – second place1961 BeijingTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulSingles
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulDoubles
Silver medal – second place1964 SeoulMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1964 SeoulTeam

Koji Kimura (木村 興治, Kimura Kōji; born 11 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]

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

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  1. ↑ Executives of the JOC Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. 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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