Teruo Murakami (村上 輝夫, Murakami Teruo, 1938 – December 17, 2013) [1] was an international table tennis player from Japan.
| Teruo Murakami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Teruo Murakami | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 2013 (aged 74–75) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editFrom 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ 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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