Mitsuru Kono

Mitsuru Kohno
Full nameKOHNO Mitsuru
Nationality Japan
Born (1946-09-13) 13 September 1946 (age 78)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Birmingham Singles
Silver medal – second place 1977 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Calcutta Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Sarajevo Team
Silver medal – second place 1971 Nagoya Team
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Munich Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1969 Munich Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1969 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Stockholm Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Stockholm Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Stockholm Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1976 Pyongyang Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Yokohama Singles
Gold medal – first place 1974 Yokohama Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1974 Yokohama Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1974 Yokohama Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Beijing Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1972 Beijing Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1972 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Nagoya Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Nagoya Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Jakarta Singles
Silver medal – second place 1968 Jakarta Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1968 Jakarta Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1968 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Singapore Singles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Singapore Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1967 Singapore Team

Mitsuru Kohno (河野 満, Kōno Mitsuru, born September 13, 1946) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

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From 1967 to 1977 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[1]

The eleven World Championship medals[2][3] included three gold medals in the men's singles at the 1977 World Table Tennis Championships and the men's team events at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships and 1969 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5][6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
  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.
  6. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  7. ^ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
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