Koki Niwa
| Koki Niwa | |
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2013 World Table Tennis Championships
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
10 October 1994 Hokkaido, Japan |
| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand grip |
| Equipment(s) | RH:Tenergy 25 VH:Tenergy 05 2.1mm Liu Shiwen-FL |
| Highest ranking | 11 (May 2015) |
| Current ranking | 13 (April 2017) |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st) |
Koki Niwa (丹羽 孝希? Niwa Kōki, born 10 October 1994) is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles).
On 21 April 2012, he defeated Ma Long of China, World Rank no 1, to become the first player to be qualified for 2012 Olympics from the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.
Since 2012 he is playing for the German Team TTC matec Frickenhausen.
He won the 2014 Russian Open singles title.
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