Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
SB-LL1
Further personal information
Family
Children Noai, Yuto, and Rinka
Residence
Nagoya, JPN
Occupation
Office Worker
Languages
Japanese
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He began snowboarding in the fifth grade of primary school, and started taking the sport more seriously at age 20. He took up Para snowboard in 2013.
Why this sport?
Having been involved in able-bodied snowboarding before his accident, he wanted to continue in the sport. When he was on his way to hospital following the accident he wondered if he would be able to resume snowboarding. "I also heard that the sport was included in the programme for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, so I decided that I had to do it."
Club / Team
Sanshin: Japan
Name of coach
Naoki Wataya [national], JPN
General interest
Nicknames
Ogurin (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Feb 2022)
Hobbies
Skateboarding, golf. (Instagram profile, 12 Aug 2021; Athlete, 25 Apr 2017)
Memorable sporting achievement
Qualifying for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2018)
Most influential person in career
Japanese Para snowboarder Junta Kosuda. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)
Hero / Idol
Canadian snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2022)
Awards and honours
In 2018 he received the Aichi Prefecture Para Sport Excellence Award in Japan. (pref.aichi.jp, 19 Mar 2018)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, and to compete at the 2026 Games in Milan-Cortina. (grab-media.jp, 17 Aug 2020)
Impairment
His right leg was amputated above the knee after about two tonnes of iron was accidentally dropped on his leg in a workplace accident in 2013. (grab-media.jp, 17 Aug 2020; Athlete, 10 Mar 2018, 25 Apr 2017)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 | Race 1 | 2017-02-04 | 10 | |
Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL1 | Race 1 | 2017-02-07 | 9 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 | Final | 2018-03-12 | 7 | |
Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL1 | Final | 2018-03-16 | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL1 | Race 1 | 2019-03-27 | 5 | |
Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 | Race 1 | 2019-03-30 | 6 |