Tag: Tomokazu HARIMOTO

  • Tomokazu Harimoto Beats Legendary Boll to Break ITTF World Tour Record

    Tomokazu Harimoto Beats Legendary Boll to Break ITTF World Tour Record

    Czech, August 27, 2017: Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) has set the new record to become the youngest ever ITTF World Tour Champion at 14 years and 61 days old today, after defeating table tennis legend Timo BOLL (GER) at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open (Tomokazu Harimoto Beats Legendary Boll). The 14-year-old Japanese has…

  • 13-year-old Harimoto Crashes World #6 Mizutani out of ITTF World Championships

    13-year-old Harimoto Crashes World #6 Mizutani out of ITTF World Championships

    Düsseldorf, June 2, 2017: 13-year-old Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) has caused the biggest upset at the Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships knocking Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) out of the event! Making his World Championships debut in Düsseldorf, instead of attending school like a regular 13-year-old, HARIMOTO was determined to make his…