Jun Mizutani

Career

2016

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mizutani earned a bronze medal in the singles event which was his first singles medal at the Olympics, after defeating Vladimir Samsonov in the bronze medal match. Later, he received a silver medal in the team event with his teammates Koki Niwa and Maharu Yoshimura losing to the Chinese team.

2021 In March, Jun Mizutani played in the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but he suffered a round-of-16 upset to Ruwen Filus.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mizutani and Mima Ito defeated Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin in the mixed doubles finals to become the first non-Chinese to win gold at an Olympic table tennis event since 2004. Additionally, Mizutani earned a bronze medal in the team event alongside Koki Niwa and Tomokazu Harimoto beating the South Korean team.

Mizutani retired after the 2020 Summer Olympics which was confirmed by World Table Tennis on 10 February 2022. His increasing sight difficulties had forced him to wear special glasses during matches and he cited that it contributed to him retiring.

Personal life Mizutani married his girlfriend on 22 November 2013. On 14 October 2014, he announced on his blog that his daughter had been born.

Mizutani appeared in the 2017 film Mixed Doubles as himself.

Career records

Singles As of August 12, 2016 Olympics: round of 32 (2008), round of 16 (2012), 3rd place (2016) World Championships: QF (2011, 2015) World Cup appearances: 5. Record: 4th (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015) ITTF World Tour winner (7): Korea Open 2009, Hungarian Open 2010, Kuwait Open, Japan Open 2012, Slovenia Open, Australian Open, Polish Open 2016; Runner-up (4): Japan Open 2010, Japan Open 2011, Japan Open 2014, Austrian Open 2015 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: winner (2010, 2014 ) Asian Games: SF (2010) Asian Championships: QF (2009, 2012) Asian Cup: 3rd (2007, 2014, 2015)

Men's doubles World Championships: SF (2009) ITTF World Tour winner (2): China (Suzhou), Japan Open 2009; Runner-up (4): Chinese Taipei Open 2006, German, English Open 2009, Hungarian Open 2010 Asian Games: QF (2006) Asian Championships: SF (2007)

Mixed doubles World Championships: round of 16 (2009) ITTF Tour Winner (2020) Olympic: Winner (2021)

Team Olympics: 5th (2008, 2012), 2nd (2016) World Championships: 3rd (2008, 10, 12, 14), 2nd (2016) World Team Cup: 5th (2009) Asian Games: SF (2010, 14) Asian Championships: 2nd (2007, 09, 12, 13)