Goro Shibutani
Personal information
Nationality Japan
Born(1937-09-30)30 September 1937
Died25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 83)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place1959team

Goro Shibutani (渋谷 五郎, Shibutani Gorō, September 30, 1937 – October 25, 2020) is a Japanese former international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

He won a silver medal in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the a 1961 World Table Tennis Championships.[2][3]

Personal life

His son is Hiroshi Shibutani and they became the first father and son to win the All-Japan Singles title.

See also

References

  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol III". USATT. Archived from the original on 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-04.


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