Norikazu Fujii

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Norikazu Fujii
Norikazu Fujii
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born1925
Died16 November 1992(1992-11-16) (aged 66–67)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Men's Team
Gold medal – first place 1952 Men's Doubles

Norikazu Fujii (藤井 則和, Fujii Norikazu) was a former Japanese international table tennis player.

Table tennis career[edit]

Fujii won a gold medal in the doubles with Tadaaki Hayashi at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships .[1][2]

He also won a bronze medal in the men's team event at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships with Daisuke Daimon, Tadaaki Hayashi and Hiroji Satoh.[3][4]

He later became a coach and earned the nickname 'Cannonball'.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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