Tomi Okawa

Tomie Okawa
Personal information
Full nameOKADA-OKAWA Tomi
Nationality Japan
Born (1932-02-26) 26 February 1932
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1961 BeijingTeam
Gold medal – first place1957 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1956 TokyoSingles
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoDoubles
Bronze medal – third place1956 TokyoTeam

Tomi Okawa (born 26 February 1932) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.

Career

From 1953 to 1961 Okawa won five medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.[1] The five World Championship medals[2][3] included three gold medals in the singles at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships and two in the team event at the 1957 World Table Tennis Championships and 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5] Okawa also won an English Open title.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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