Goro Shibutani (渋谷 五郎, Shibutani Gorō, September 30, 1937 – October 25, 2020) is a Japanese former international table tennis player.[1]
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Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||
Born | 30 September 1937 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 25 October 2020 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editHe won a silver medal in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the a 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]
Personal life
editHis son is Hiroshi Shibutani and they became the first father and son to win the All-Japan Singles title.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol III". USATT. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-04.