Daichi Oguri

Japan

Snowboard

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)