Goro Shibutani

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Goro Shibutani
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born(1937-09-30)30 September 1937
Died25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 83)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1959 team

Goro Shibutani (渋谷 五郎, Shibutani Gorō, September 30, 1937 – October 25, 2020) was a Japanese international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

He won a silver medal in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the a 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

Personal life

His son is Hiroshi Shibutani and they became the first father and son to win the All-Japan Singles title.

Shibutani died on October 25, 2020 at the age of 83.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ^ "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol III". USATT. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. ^ "訃報 渋谷五郎氏が逝去|卓球レポート". www.butterfly.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.