Nobuhiko Hasegawa

From 1966 until 1974 he won five gold medals at world championships^[3][4] and two golds at the Asian Games.^[5]

In total he won ten World Championship medals^[6] His mixed doubles partners were Noriko Yamanaka and Yasuko Konno respectively and his men's doubles partners were Mitsuru Kono and Tokio Tasaka.

Hasegawa was a famous exponent of heavy topspin forehand attack, combined with lob defence. He used a modified shakehands grip with the index finger pointing down the center of the blade. This made his backhand a little awkward for fast attack, so even though a shakehander his tactics were similar to the Japanese penholders with wonderful footwork.^[7]

Hasegawa died while felling trees near his home and was buried under a tree.^[7]

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