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Fujio Watanabe
Born	1939 (age 85–86) Kaneyama, Fukushima, Japan
Medal record Men's para table tennis Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 1964 Tokyo Doubles C

Fujio Watanabe (渡部 藤男, Watanabe Fujio, born c. 1939) is a Japanese former para table tennis player. He and his doubles partner Yasunori Igari won Japan's first ever Paralympic gold medal at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.

When he was 22 years old, he had a spinal cord injury while unloading a log from a truck.

References

1. "開幕まで１００日 卓球と出合い自立 ６４年東京大会「金」の元代表". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 30 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. ^ "東京五輪から５０年 日本初のパラ五輪金・渡部藤男さん、６年後「ぜひ応援に」". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

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