The native form of this personal name is Mizutani Jun. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Jun Mizutani
Mizutani at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships
Personal information
Nationality
Japanese
Born
(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 35)[1] Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Height
172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
68 kg (150 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style
Left-handed, Shakehand grip
Equipment(s)
Butterfly, Blade: Mizutani Jun ZLC, Rubbers: Dignics 80 in the forehand, and Dignics 80 in the backhand.
Highest ranking
4 (February 2017)[2]
Club
Kinoshita 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 Tokyo
Mixed Doubles
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Team
2020 Tokyo
Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Singles
World Championships
2016 Kuala Lumpur
Team
2008 Guangzhou
Team
2009 Yokohama
Doubles
2010 Moscow
Team
2012 Dortmund
Team
2013 Paris
Doubles
2014 Tokyo
Team
Asian Championships
2007 Yangzhou
Team
2009 Lucknow
Team
2012 Macau
Team
2013 Busan
Team
2007 Yangzhou
Doubles
Asian Cup
2007 Hanoi
Singles
2014 Wuhan
Singles
2015 Jaipur
Singles
Jun Mizutani (水谷 隼, Mizutani Jun, born 9 June 1989) is a retired Japanese table tennis player.[1] He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
^ ab"ITTF player's profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^"ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
^"Mizutani, Hirano claim third titles". Kyodo News. January 19, 2009. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
^"Mizutani makes table tennis history". Kyodo News. January 24, 2011. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
^"Triumph over adversity: MIZUTANI Jun ready to seize golden opportunity". olympics.com. October 5, 2021.
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