Tomi Okawa

Tomie Okawa
Full name	OKADA-OKAWA Tomi
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1932-02-26) 26 February 1932 (age 90) [1]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing   Japan World Championships 1961 Beijing Team 1957 Stockholm Team 1956 Tokyo Singles 1956 Tokyo Doubles 1956 Tokyo Team

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. ^[2] The five World Championship medals ^{[3] [4]} 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. ^{[5] [6]} Okawa also won an English Open title.

See also

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

References

1. Biography of Tomi Okawa (in Japanese)
2. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
4. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
5. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
6. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312 . Guinness Superlatives. ISBN   0-85112-492-5.