Jun Mizutani

Jun Mizutani is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion, born on 9 June 1989. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17 and is the first male singles titlist to achieve five consecutive national championships, from 2007 to 2011. Mizutani competed in four Olympic Games from 2008 to 2020. After defeating Vladimir Samsonov for the bronze medal by 4-1 at the 2016 Summer Olympics he took his first singles medal in the three main international tournaments, and it was the first Olympic table tennis singles medal of Japan. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Mizutani and Mima Ito won gold in the inaugural mixed doubles event.