Cazuo Matsumoto
Nationality Brazil
Born (1985-08-02) August 2, 1985
São Paulo, São Paulo
Highest ranking45 (1 April 2013)[1]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Brazil
Latin American Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 San SalvadorSingles
Gold medal – first place2009 San SalvadorDoubles
Gold medal – first place2009 San SalvadorMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2009 San SalvadorTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 CancúnDoubles
Gold medal – first place2010 CancúnMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2010 CancúnTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 RioTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 San SalvadorTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 Buenos AiresTeam
Latin American Table Tennis Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 AsunciónSingles
Silver medal – second place2015 HavanaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2011 RioSingles
Bronze medal – third place2012 San JoséSingles
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2006 B.AiresTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 SantiagoDoubles
Silver medal – second place2006 B.AiresDoubles
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoSingles
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoTeam

Cazuo Matsumoto (born August 2, 1985 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Brazilian team in the men's team event.[2][3]

Career

Cazuo Matsumoto was ranked no.207 in the world in 2002. At 20 years old, in 2005, he was ranked no.213. He first entered the global top 100 in May 2012.[4]

In 2007, he participated for the first time in the World Championship, in singles and doubles, being eliminated from the first round in both.[5]

At the 2008 Olympic Games, he was an alternate athlete to participate in the team modality.[6]

In 2009, Matsumoto became Latin American Championship champion in singles, defeating Hugo Hoyama in the final, in doubles playing alongside Hoyama, and in mixed doubles.[7]

At the end of March 2013, Matsumoto obtained a historic victory over the Japanese Jun Mizutani, one of the ten best in the world, in the Team World Cup, where Brazil fell to Japan. In April 2013, Matsumoto, after becoming the first Latin American to win a tournament on the world circuit, rose to 45th in the world rankings, the highest position ever achieved by a table tennis player from the country at that time.[8]

In July 2013, he was the No. 1 table tennis player in the Americas.[9]

At the end of 2013, he qualified for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, which would be held between the 9th and 12th of January 2014, in Dubai.[10]

In 2014, Matsumoto won the Latin American Table Tennis Cup.[11]

Matsumoto achieved a great result at the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, where, playing alongside Thiago Monteiro, he reached the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament, only being eliminated by the Korean duo, who finished with bronze. With this, they repeated the feat of Dagoberto Midosi and Ivan Severo, who, in 1954, also reached this stage in the World Championship held in Wembley, England.[12][13] In singles, he reached the 2nd round at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, and in mixed doubles, he reached the 2nd round at the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships and 2013 World Table Tennis Championships.[14]

Cazuo Matsumoto represented Brazil at the Rio Games in 2016 and then chose to dedicate himself to coaching, at Itaim Keiko/JJ Yamada and at his own gym, Match Point, alongside his wife and fellow Olympic athlete Jessica Yamada. Away from national competitions, he returned in September 2021 to compete in some tournaments.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2013". Table tennis guide. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cazuo Matsumoto". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Cazuo Matsumoto é eliminado e encerra participação brasileira no Aberto da Polônia
  4. ↑ Matsumoto Cazuo ranking history ITTF
  5. ↑ CAZUO LUTA, MAS PERDE PARA GARDOS E ESTÁ FORA DO MUNDIAL
  6. ↑ CAZUO VAI PARA PEQUIM GANHAR MAIS EXPERIÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL
  7. ↑ Hugo Hoyama é vice e título do Latino-Americano fica com Cazuo Matsumoto
  8. ↑ Tênis de mesa: Cazuo Matsumoto atinge posição histórica no ranking
  9. ↑ Melhor do Brasil e das Américas, Matsumoto exalta mesatenistas do AM
  10. ↑ Matsumoto pode levar 1 milhão de dólares em torneio de tênis de mesa
  11. ↑ Brasil domina pódio da Copa Latino-Americana de tênis de mesa
  12. ↑ Cazuo e Thiago caem nas quartas e se despedem do Mundial da China
  13. ↑ Mundial 2015: Cazuo e Thiago se despedem nas quartas, mas entram para a história
  14. ↑ Com apenas uma vitória, mesatenistas brasileiros encerram participação no Mundial da França
  15. ↑ Cazuo Matsumoto e Giulia Takahashi vencem os Absolutos A do TMB Platinum
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