Jun Mizutani

Jun Mizutani
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
ClubKinoshita Meister Tokyo
Playing styleLeft-handed, Shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly, Blade: Mizutani Jun ZLC, Rubbers: Dignics 80 in the forehand, and Dignics 80 in the backhand.
Highest ranking4 (February 2017)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 0 1 6
Total 1 2 8
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Mixed Doubles
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles
World Championships
2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
2008 Guangzhou Team
2009 Yokohama Doubles
2010 Moscow Team
2012 Dortmund Team
2013 Paris Doubles
2014 Tokyo Team
Asian Championships
2007 Yangzhou Team
2009 Lucknow Team
2012 Macau Team
2013 Busan Team
2007 Yangzhou Doubles
Asian Cup
2007 Hanoi Singles
2014 Wuhan Singles
2015 Jaipur Singles

Jun Mizutani (水谷 隼, Mizutani Jun; born 9 June 1989) is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. He has the distinction of being the first male singles titlist to achieve five consecutive national championships: 2007 to 2011.

Throughout his career, Mizutani competed in 4 Olympic games from 2008 to 2020. After defeating Vladimir Samsonov for the bronze medal by 4–1 in the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finally seized his first singles medal in the three main international tournaments. It was also the first Olympic table tennis singles medal of his country. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Mizutani and Mima Ito won gold in the inaugural mixed doubles event.