Keisuke Tsunoda
Keisuke Tsunoda ( Japanese 角 田 啓 輔 , Tsunoda Keisuke ; * around 1933 ) is a Japanese table tennis player . He is a two-time world champion.
1952 Tsunoda was second in the Asian Championship TTFA with the Japanese team, in doubles he reached the semi-finals. He won two World Cup gold with the team in 1956 and 1957 . In 1957 he also reached the semi-finals in singles.
His last important international tournament was the Asian Games in 1958, where he finished second in the singles behind Li Kou-Tin (Taiwan) and with the team.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1953 | Tokyo | JPN | last 16 | |||
| JPN | Asian Championship TTFA | 1952 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 2 | |
| JPN | Asian Games | 1958 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | Semifinals | 2 | |
| JPN | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | last 64 | Semifinals | last 16 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to DTS magazine , 1956/17 West issue (September 5, 1956) p. 1, Tsunoda was 23 years old at this point in time. In contrast, Tim Boggan referred to him in 1952 as "21-year-old Keisuke Tsunoda" (accessed November 29, 2013)
- ↑ Keisuke Tsunoda Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 16, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsunoda, Keisuke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 角 田 啓 輔 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1933 |