Jun Mizutani

Jun Mizutani (水谷 隼, Mizutani Jun, born 9 June 1989) is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships from 2007 to 2011 made him the first man to win the event five times in a row.

Jun Mizutani
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989
Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, Shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly, Blade: Mizutani Jun ZLC, Rubbers: Dignics 80 in the forehand, and Dignics 80 in the backhand.
Highest ranking4 (February 2017)
ClubKinoshita Meister Tokyo
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 0 1 6
Total 1 2 8
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoMixed Doubles
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroSingles
World Championships
2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
2008 GuangzhouTeam
2009 YokohamaDoubles
2010 MoscowTeam
2012 DortmundTeam
2013 ParisDoubles
2014 TokyoTeam
Asian Championships
2007 YangzhouTeam
2009 LucknowTeam
2012 MacauTeam
2013 BusanTeam
2007 YangzhouDoubles
Asian Cup
2007 HanoiSingles
2014 WuhanSingles
2015 JaipurSingles

Throughout his career, Mizutani competed in 4 Olympic games from 2008 to 2020. After defeating Vladimir Samsonov for the bronze medal by 4–1 in the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finally seized his first singles medal in the three main international tournaments. It was also the first Olympic table tennis singles medal of his country.

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