Seiji Narita

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Seiji Narita
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Men's Team

Seiji Narita (Japanese: 成田 静司, Hepburn: Narita Seiji) is a former international table tennis player from Japan.[1]

Table tennis career[edit]

Narita won a gold medal at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) for Japan with Nobuya Hoshino, Teruo Murakami and Ichiro Ogimura.[2][3][4]

He won an individual bronze medal during the 1958 Asian Games[5] and at one stage held the number one ranking in Japan.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ^ "Medalists of men's singles table tennis at Asiad". People's Daily Online.