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Maharu Yoshimura (吉村 真晴, Yoshimura Maharu, born 3 August 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player.[1]
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 Yoshimura Maharu at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1993 Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | right-handed, shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly Custon (ZL Carbon), Butterfly Tenergy 05 (BH, FH) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 15 (May 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 52 (December 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
1993–2010: Early life and background
Yoshimura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father. His first name is a Japanese transliteration of the Tagalog word "Mahal", meaning "beloved".[2]
2011–present
In 2011, while in junior high school, he competed in the February Table Tennis Tournament Japan where he advanced to the top 12. He defeated Kazuhiro Zhang in the semi-finals but lost to Jun Mizutani in the final game. His achievements include the Asian Championships (New Delhi, India; the first victory of a Japanese player in the men's singles[3]) and the All Japan Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, Yoshimura won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Kasumi Ishikawa.
Career records
- Japan Top 12 Table Tennis Tournament (2011)
- Men's singles runner-up
- World Junior Table Tennis Championships (2011)
- 3rd in men's singles
- 3rd in men's doubles
- Interscholastic athletic competition (2011)
- Men's doubles winner
- 3rd in men's singles table tennis
- Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships (2011)
- Men's doubles runner up
- Won men's singles
- All Japan Table Tennis Championships (2012)
- Won the men's singles
- Japan Open (2015)
- Men's singles runner-up
In popular culture
Maharu Yoshimura had a minor role in the 2017 film Mixed Doubles.[4]
In a 2016 segment of the Japanese variety show Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring (ニンゲン観察バラエティ モニタリング), Yoshimura and Koki Niwa disguised themselves as two old men and proceeded to shock normal folks in table tennis.[5]
References
- "Maharu Yoshimura profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- "水谷止めた！高校生吉村が初優勝／卓球". Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "Maharu Yoshimura Strikes Gold in New Delhi to Prevent Chinese Clean Sweep". ITTF. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- "新垣結衣×瑛太「ミックス。」に水谷＆石川ら現役卓球選手出演". Excite (in Japanese). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- "あの人がまさかの出演‼︎モニタリングにあのリオオリンピック銀メダリストが登場！". Naver Matome (in Japanese). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
External links
- Official Website
- Maharu Yoshimura at the International Table Tennis Federation
- Maharu Yoshimura at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
World table tennis mixed doubles champions | |
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На других языках
[de] Maharu Yoshimura
Maharu Yoshimura (jap. 吉村 真晴, Yoshimura Maharu; * 3. August 1993 in der Präfektur Ibaraki) ist ein japanischer Tischtennisspieler. Er wurde 2011 japanischer Meister im Einzel.- [en] Maharu Yoshimura
[fr] Maharu Yoshimura
Maharu Yoshimura (吉村 真晴, Yoshimura Maharu?, né le 3 août 1993) est un joueur de tennis de table japonais.[it] Maharu Yoshimura
Maharu Yoshimura (吉村 真晴 Yoshimura Maharu?; 3 agosto 1993) è un tennistavolista giapponese.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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