Koji Kimura Explained

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]}

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.joc.or.jp/english/pdf/yb_03.pdf Executives of the JOC
2. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3632 KIMURA Koji (JPN)
3. Zeitschrift DTS, 1995/3 p. 35
4. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
5. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
6. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
7. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
8. http://www.tischtennis.de/aktuelles/meldung/9361 DTTB stiftet Nationaltrikot für den Japanbesuch der dsj
9. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_Invoices/PAC.asp President Advisory Council (PAC)