Ichiro Ogimura
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Ichiro Ogimura was a Japanese table tennis player, coach, president of the ITTF and former World No. 1 who won 12 World championship titles during his career. Ogimura was also a key figure in the Ping
Ogimura at the 1955 World Championships
Zhuang Zedong
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Zhuang Zedong was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events. These accomplishments lead Zhuang as one of the greatest ta
Ichiro Ogimura
…early 1970s, and has been called "a giant of sports diplomacy" and garnered the nickname, the "Ping-pong Diplomat.” While the meeting of Glenn Cowan and Zhuang Zedong is often used as the catalyst for the "Ping Pong Diplomacy" movement, Ogimura had already been working behind the scenes to arrange for China's return…
Zhuang Zedong in 2007 (photo: Tom Nguyen)