Fujio Watanabe

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]

Fujio Watanabe
Born1939 (age 81–82)
Kaneyama, Fukushima,[1] Japan
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  JPN
Paralympic Games
1964 TokyoDoubles C

When he was 22 years old, he suffered 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. "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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