Nobuhiko Hasegawa

Nobuhiko Hasegawa 1966.

Nobuhiko Hasegawa ( Japanese 長谷川信彦 , Hasegawa Nobuhiko ; born March 5, 1947 in Seto , Aichi Prefecture , Japan ; † November 7, 2005 in Kiryū , Gunma Prefecture , Japan) was one of the best table tennis players in the world in the 1960s and 1970s .

Nobuhiko Hasegawa was three-time world champion in Stockholm in 1967 (men's singles, men's team and mixed doubles) and again world champion with the team in Munich in 1969 when he, together with Shigeo Itoh and Mitsuru Kohno, played against the German team with Eberhard Schöler , Bernt Jansen and Wilfried Lieck won 5-3. However, as the reigning individual world champion, he lost to Bernt Jansen and brought his team to the brink of defeat. Hasegawa stood out for his uncompromising offensive game as well as for his unorthodox stick position ( shake handle , index finger in the middle of the backhand).

societies

Avoid High School at the Aichi Institute of Technology
Aichi Institute of Technology

successes

Participation in table tennis world championships
- 1967 in Stockholm
  - 1st place men's singles
  - 1st place with men's team
  - 1st place mixed doubles (with Noriko Yamanaka )
  - 3rd place doubles (with Mitsuru Kohno )
- 1969 in Munich
  - 1st place with men's team
  - 1st place mixed doubles (with Yasuko Konno)
  - 2nd place doubles (with Tokyo Tasaka )
- 1971 in Nagoya
  - 2nd place with men's team
  - 2nd place doubles (with Tokyo Tasaka )
- 1973 in Sarajevo
  - 3rd place with men's team

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Asian Championship ATTU	1974	Yokohama	JPN	gold	gold	Semifinals	2
JPN	Asian Championship ATTU	1972	Beijing	CHN	gold	silver	gold	1
JPN	Asian Championship TTFA	1970	Nagoya	JPN	gold	gold	gold	1
JPN	Asian Championship TTFA	1968	Jakarta	INA	Semifinals	gold		1
JPN	Asian Championship TTFA	1967	Singapore	SIN	gold	silver	silver	1
JPN	Asian Games	1974	Tehran	IRI		gold		2
JPN	Asian Games	1966	Bangkok	THA	silver	silver		1
JPN	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	last 128	last 32	last 32	3
JPN	World Championship	1971	Nagoya	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	last 16	2
JPN	World Championship	1969	Munich	FRG	last 16	silver	gold	1
JPN	World Championship	1967	Stockholm	SWE	gold	Semifinals	gold	1

Individual evidence

^ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 8, 2011)

personal data
SURNAME	Hasegawa, Nobuhiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	長谷川信彦 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seto , Aichi Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH	November 7, 2005
Place of death	Kiryu , Gunma Prefecture , Japan

[1] ITTF statistics (accessed on September 8, 2011)