Jun Mizutani

Jun Mizutani (Japanese水 谷 隼, Mizutani June, born June 9, 1989 in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese table tennis player, who plays in Tokyo for Meiji University and in addition to the Chinese Super League club Sichuan. He is a great talent because he was so far the youngest national Japanese master at the age of 17 years and has other international successes. He is left-handed and use the shakehand grip.

Career

Mizutani parents were Table Tennis Coaches in Japan. The age of five Mizutani began playing table tennis. He was discovered by the German coach Mario Amizic. In 2003 he moved to Germany, where he joined the regional league DJK 07 Borussia Münster joined. A year later he moved to DJK Germania Holthausen to the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2006 he was engaged by Borussia Dusseldorf.

Achievements at a glance

  • Winners Japan Open Singles 2012
  • Victory over Timo Boll in the men's World Cup 2010 in Moscow
  • First Korean Open men's singles 2009
  • Japanese champion men's singles and doubles (with Seiya Kishikawa ) 2006-2009
  • German team champion Borussia Dusseldorf 2008
  • Japanese champion men's singles and doubles in 2008
  • Japanese champion men's singles and doubles in 2007
  • DTTB Cup winner in 2008 with Borussia Dusseldorf
  • Third Taiwan Open men's singles ( thereby defeating Oh Sang Eun WR: 6) and double 2007
  • Winners Japan Open U21 Single 2007
  • Quarter Finals World Cup men's doubles in 2007
  • Japanese Junior Champion Single 2007
  • ETTU Cup winners 2006/ 07 with Borussia Dusseldorf
  • Third Polish Open men's doubles in 2006
  • Victory over Ryu Seung Min (Olympic Champion) in Chinese Taipei Open 2006
  • Single - Vice-World Champion Junior World Championships 2005 ( behind Patrick Baum )
  • Team World Champion Junior World Championships 2005
  • Double world champion Junior World Championships 2005
  • Victory over Chih-Yuan Chuang (WR: 12) at Men 's World Cup 2005
  • Victory over Wang Hao (WR: 4 ) at Asia Championships 2005

Private

Also Mizutani younger sister applicable in Japan than talent in table tennis.

Results from the ITTF database

2007 World Table Tennis Championships Patrick Baum (table tennis) Wang Hao (table tennis)
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