Koji Kimura

Koji Kimura (木村 興治, Kimura Kōji, born December 1940) is a retired Japanese table tennis player and coach who won four world titles between 1961 and 1967.[2] He is left-handed.[3][4]

Koji Kimura
Personal information
Full name	KIMURA Koji
Nationality	Japan
Born	December 1940[1]
Medal record Table tennis Representing  Japan World Championships 1967 Stockholm Singles 1967 Stockholm Mixed Doubles 1967 Stockholm Team 1965 Ljubljana Mixed doubles 1965 Ljubljana Team 1963 Prague Mixed doubles 1963 Prague Team 1961 Beijing Doubles 1961 Beijing Team Asian Championships 1964 Seoul Singles 1964 Seoul Doubles 1964 Seoul Mixed doubles 1964 Seoul Team

Table tennis career

He won nine World Championship medals[5] included four gold medals; one in the doubles with Nobuya Hoshino; two in the mixed doubles with Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi and Masako Seki respectively and one in the team event for Japan.[6][7]

Retirement

After retiring from competitions Kimura worked as a sports functionary. He is a senior member of the Japanese Olympic Committee and vice president of the Japanese Table Tennis Association. [8] In 2014 he was elected to the Advisory Council of the International Table Tennis Federation.[9]

References

1. Executives of the JOC. Japanese Olympic Committee
2. KIMURA Koji (JPN). ITTF_Database.
3. Zeitschrift DTS, 1995/3 p. 35
4. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
6. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
7. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
8. DTTB stiftet Nationaltrikot für den Japanbesuch der dsj Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. tischtennis.de. 31 August 2009
9. President Advisory Council (PAC). International Table Tennis Federation