Teruo Murakami

Teruo Murakami
Full nameTeruo Murakami
Nationality Japan
Born1938
Died17 December 2013(2013-12-17) (aged 74–75)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1961 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 1959 Dortmund Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1959 Dortmund Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1959 Dortmund Team

Teruo Murakami (村上 輝夫, Murakami Teruo, 1938 – December 17, 2013) [1] was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

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From 1959 to 1961 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[2]

His four World Championship medals[3][4] included two gold medals in the doubles with Ichiro Ogimura at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships and team event at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.[5][6]

He also won two English Open titles.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "59年世界男子団体・複優勝の村上輝夫氏が逝去". World-tt (in Japanese). 19 December 2013.
  2. ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  5. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  6. ^ 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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