Teruo Murakami
Full nameTeruo Murakami
Nationality Japan
Born1938
Died17 December 2013(2013-12-17) (aged 74–75)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1961 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 1959 Dortmund Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1959 Dortmund Mixed
Gold medal – first place 1959 Dortmund Team

Teruo Murakami (村上 輝夫, Murakami Teruo, 1938 – December 17, 2013) was an international table tennis player from Japan.

Table tennis career

From 1959 to 1961 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships.[1]

His four World Championship medals[2][3] included two gold medals in the doubles with Ichiro Ogimura at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships and team event at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.[4][5]

He also won two English Open titles.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  4. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
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