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Japanese table tennis player (1947–2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nobuhiko Hasegawa (長谷川 信彦, Hasegawa Nobuhiko, March 5, 1947 – November 7, 2005) was one of the best table tennis players worldwide from 1966 to 1974.[2]
![]() Hasegawa at the 1966 Asian Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Seto, Aichi, Japan[1] | 5 March 1947||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 November 2005 58) Kiryu, Gunma, Japan | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Aichi Technical College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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From 1966 until 1974 he won five gold medals at world championships[3][4] and two golds at the Asian Games.[5]
In total he won ten World Championship medals[6] His mixed doubles partners were Noriko Yamanaka and Yasuko Konno respectively and his men's doubles partners were Mitsuru Kono and Tokio Tasaka.
Hasegawa was a famous exponent of heavy topspin forehand attack, combined with lob defence. He used a modified shakehands grip with the index finger pointing down the center of the blade. This made his backhand a little awkward for fast attack, so even though a shakehander his tactics were similar to the Japanese penholders with wonderful footwork.[7]
Hasegawa died while felling trees near his home and was buried under a tree.[7]
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