Tomi Okawa Explained

Tomie Okawa
Fullname:	OKADA-OKAWA Tomi
Birth Date:	1932 február 26. (102 éves)

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

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2011-06-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017022025/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=5250 . 2012-10-17 .
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
5. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.