Tokio Tasaka (田阪 登紀夫, Tasaka Tokio, born September 4, 1947) is a Japanese former international table tennis player.[1]

Tokio Tasaka
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born (1947-09-04) 4 September 1947 (age 77)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1969 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Men's Singles
Silver medal – second place 1971 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Men's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Men's Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Mixed Doubles

He won seven World Table Tennis Championships medals; fours silver medals and three bronze medals. His doubles partners were Nobuhiko Hasegawa and Sachiko Yokota.[2][3]

After retiring from table tennis he studied sports science at the Osaka Sports University and became a noted sports scientist.

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Men's Singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.