Fujio Watanabe
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| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Kaneyama, Fukushima,[1] Japan | ||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
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