Seiji Ono
Seiji Ono ( Japanese 小野 誠 治 , Ono Seiji ; born June 18, 1956 in Nishiuwa County , Ehime Prefecture ) is a former table tennis player from Japan. He took part in five world championships from 1979 to 1987. Ono played a very topspin-emphasized table tennis in the Japanese penholder style. He was a very athletic player who, in addition to training table tennis, also invested a lot of time in strength training and endurance runs.
successes
He achieved his greatest success in Pyongyang in 1979 , when he defeated the Chinese Guo Yuehua (who had to give up in the 4th set because of a hamstring) in the final and became world champion.
Table tennis world championship 1979
- 1st place single
- 3rd place team
Table tennis world championship 1981
- 3rd place team
Table tennis world championship 1983
- 3rd place doubles (with Hiroyuki Abe - JPN)
Table tennis world championship 1985
- 4th place team
Table tennis world championship 1987
- 6th place team
Asian Games 1982
- 3rd place single
- 1st place doubles
- 2nd place team
- Round of 16
Source: ITTF database
Individual evidence
- ↑ ONO Seiji (JPN) ( English ) ittf.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ono, Seiji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小野 誠 治 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nishiuwa-gun (Ehime) , Ehime Prefecture , Japan |