Fujio Watanabe

Fujio Watanabe
Born1939 (age 85–86)
Kaneyama, Fukushima,[1] Japan
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  Japan
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Doubles C

Fujio Watanabe (渡部 藤男, Watanabe Fujio, born c. 1939) is a Japanese former para table tennis player. He and his doubles partner Yasunori Igari won Japan's first ever Paralympic gold medal at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.[2]

When he was 22 years old, he had a spinal cord injury while unloading a log from a truck.[2]

References

  1. ^ "開幕まで１００日 卓球と出合い自立 ６４年東京大会「金」の元代表". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 30 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "東京五輪から５０年 日本初のパラ五輪金・渡部藤男さん、６年後「ぜひ応援に」". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]


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