Vitor Ishiy
Personal information
Full nameVitor Ishiy
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 28)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil [1]
Highest ranking51 (22 February 2022)[2]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cartagena Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cartagena Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santiago Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santiago Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Asunción Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Asunción Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Santiago Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Havana Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lima Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lima Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Santiago Doubles
Latin American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 San Juan Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 San Juan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 San Juan Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 San Juan Singles U21
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Doubles

Vitor Ishiy (born 22 September 1995) is a Brazilian table tennis player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics for Brazil.[3]

Career

At the 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy won two gold medals in mixed doubles and team, and two bronzes in singles under-21 and doubles.[4][5][6]

At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, participating in the mixed doubles together with Kumahara, Ishiy won the 1st round, but were eliminated in the 2nd round.[7]

At the 2017 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy won three gold medals in doubles, mixed doubles and team.[8][9][10]

At the 2018 South American Games, he won three gold medals in singles, mixed doubles and men's team, and a bronze medal in men's doubles. [11]

At the 2018 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy won two gold medals in doubles and team.[12]

Ishiy's biggest individual title was gold at the 2019 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, held in Asunción, Paraguay.[13] At 23 years old, and being 121st in the world rankings, he was not among the big favorites and overcame several traditional opponents from South America. Ishiy beat home player Marcelo Aguirre (54th in the world) in the round of 16, and Colombian Alberto Mino (75th in the world) in the quarterfinals. In the semi-final, he faced his compatriot Gustavo Tsuboi, 28th in the world, where Ishiy ended up losing by two sets to zero, tied the match, lost the fifth set and again managed to draw. The decisive set was very disputed and decided in the end, in favor of Ishiy: 4 to 3 on the scoreboard (6/11, 10/12, 11/6, 11/7, 10/12, 11/3 and 11/9). Just over 70 minutes after the end of the semi-final, he faced Argentine Gastón Alto, another experienced athlete from the World Tour, defeating him by 4 sets to 1, with splits of (9-11, 11-3, 14-12 , 11-4 and 11-7) to win the gold medal.[14][15][16] In this competition, he also won a gold together with the Brazilian team.[17]

At the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy participated in the singles draw, being eliminated in the 1st round. In the men's doubles, Thiago Monteiro and Ishiy won the 1st round and played an even match in the 2nd round, but lost the crucial points and the game to the pair Yun-Ju Lin and Tai-Wei Wang, from China Taipei, by 4 sets to 1 (11/5, 9/11, 9/11, 8/11 and 9/11). [18]

Ishiy was at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he participated in the Brazilian team made up of himself, Hugo Calderano and Gustavo Tsuboi. In the round of 16, they beat Serbia 3-2, but in the quarter-finals they were eliminated by South Korea 3-0. 8th position was the best in the country's history, in this modality.[19]

At the 2021 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy, 63rd in the world, reached the semifinals where he faced the best table tennis player in the Americas of all time, Hugo Calderano, number 5 in the world at the moment, and ended up being eliminated by 4 sets to 0, however, ending with the individual bronze medal. In the same competition, he won gold in mixed doubles, on the Brazilian team, and a bronze in doubles.[20]

At the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy participated in the singles draw, being eliminated in the 2nd round by Quadri Aruna, who reached the quarter-finals of the competition. He also participated in the men's doubles and mixed doubles, being eliminated in the 1st round of both.[21]

At the 2022 Pan American Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy won two gold medals in mixed doubles and team, and a bronze in doubles. [22][23][24]

At the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships, Ishiy and Takahashi participated as No.11 seeds in the mixed doubles competition, where they were eliminated in the 2nd round by the Singaporean pair. Ishiy also participated in the men's doubles together with Eric Jouti, also being eliminated in the 2nd round.[25]

At the 2023 Pan American Table Tennis Championships in Havana, the Brazilian team made up of Ishiy, Hugo Calderano, Eric Jouti and Guilherme Teodoro won gold. With this, Ishiy, Hugo Calderano and Eric Jouti won the place to defend the Brazilian team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.[26] In this competition, Ishiy also obtained a silver in the mixed doubles together with Bruna Takahashi.[27] In singles, Ishiy beat Puerto Rican Oscar Birriel 4 sets to 3 in the first round, but later lost to Chilean Nicolas Burgos, 4 sets to 2.[28]

At the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Ishiy won gold for the Brazilian team, and silver in mixed doubles. With this, he obtained a place for the 2024 Summer Olympics in table tennis mixed doubles. Ishiy and Takahashi were ranked 11th in the mixed doubles world rankings at this time.[29][30] In singles, Ishiy reached the second round of the Pan, but was eliminated by Chilean Nicolás Burgos, second best table tennis player in the Americas in the world rankings, number 54 in the world at the moment.[31]

References

  1. ^ Ishiy on CBTM
  2. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #8". ittf.com. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "ISHIY Vitor". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ Latino-Americano: Eric Jouti e Vitor Ishiy levam o bronze nas duplas masculinas
  5. ^ Kumahara e Ishiy são campeões nas duplas mistas do Latino-Americano de tênis de mesa
  6. ^ Brasil é campeão por equipes no Latino Americano de tênis de mesa
  7. ^ Mundial de tenis de mesa de 2017
  8. ^ Brasileiros conquistam ouro nas duplas mistas no Pan-Americano
  9. ^ Eric Jouti e Vitor Ishiy conquistam o bicampeonato pan-americano de duplas
  10. ^ Brasil encerra Pan-Americano de tênis de mesa com cinco ouros
  11. ^ Com inédito Top 100 no horizonte, Vitor Ishiy ganha força na disputa pela vaga olímpica
  12. ^ Brasil fecha o Pan do Chile de tênis de mesa com três ouros e quatro bronzes
  13. ^ Vitor Ishiy surpreende todos os favoritos e chega ao inédito título do Campeonato Pan-Americano
  14. ^ Vitor Ishiy é Campeão do Campeonato Pan-Americano de Tênis de Mesa
  15. ^ Vitor Ishiy surpreende todos os favoritos e chega ao inédito título do Campeonato Pan-Americano
  16. ^ Com inédito Top 100 no horizonte, Vitor Ishiy ganha força na disputa pela vaga olímpica
  17. ^ Tênis de mesa: Brasil masculino leva ouro no Campeonato Pan-Americano
  18. ^ Brasil tem "choque de realidade" e apenas Calderano sobrevive na chave do Mundial
  19. ^ Tênis de Mesa: equipe brasileira se despede de Tóquio nas quartas
  20. ^ Dupla Takahashi e Ishiy faturam ouro no Pan Americano de Tênis de Mesa
  21. ^ Hugo Calderano estreia com vitória no Mundial de Houston
  22. ^ Brasil é Campeão por Equipes no Feminino e Masculino do Campeonato Pan-Americano de Tênis de Mesa em Santiago - Chile 2022
  23. ^ Bruna e Vitor Conquistam o Ouro nas Duplas Mistas do Campeonato Pan-Americano de Tênis de Mesa em Santiago
  24. ^ Hugo Calderano é campeão e mantém invencibilidade no Pan
  25. ^ Brasil encerra participação no Mundial de tênis de mesa de forma precoce; veja os resultados
  26. ^ Equipes brasileiras brilham no Pan-Americano de Havana e se garantem em Paris-2024
  27. ^ Hugo Calderano conquista o Pan-Americano de tênis de mesa;Bruna Takahashi é prata no feminino
  28. ^ Calderano e Takahashi seguem para as quartas do Pan-Americano
  29. ^ Bruna Takahashi e Vitor Ishiy ganham a prata no Pan 2023 e obtêm vaga em Paris 2024 nas duplas mistas do tênis de mesa
  30. ^ Pan 2023: Calderano lidera Brasil ao ouro por equipes no tênis de mesa
  31. ^ Vitor Ishiy cai diante de esperança chilena do tênis de mesa

External links

Pan American Games Table Tennis Champions in Men's Team
Latin American Table Tennis Champions in Mixed Doubles
Latin American Table Tennis Champions in Men's Team
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