Nobuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川 信彦, Hasegawa Nobuhiko, March 5, 1947 – November 7, 2005) was one of the best table tennis players worldwide from 1966 to 1974.[2]
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| Born | 5 March 1947 Seto, Aichi, Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 November 2005 (aged 58) Kiryu, Gunma, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Aichi Technical College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editFrom 1966 until 1974 he won five gold medals at world championships[3][4] and two golds at the Asian Games.[5]
In total he won ten World Championship medals[6] His mixed doubles partners were Noriko Yamanaka and Yasuko Konno respectively and his men's doubles partners were Mitsuru Kono and Tokio Tasaka.
Hasegawa was a famous exponent of heavy topspin forehand attack, combined with lob defence. He used a modified shakehands grip with the index finger pointing down the center of the blade. This made his backhand a little awkward for fast attack, so even though a shakehander his tactics were similar to the Japanese penholders with wonderful footwork.[7]
Hasegawa died while felling trees near his home and was buried under a tree.[7]
See also
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- ^ 選手紹介. butterfly.co.jp
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ HASEGAWA Nobuhiko (JPN). ittf.com
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ a b Ian Marshal (November 7, 2005) Nobuhiko Hasegawa (1947–2005). ittf.com
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