Kota Shimizu

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

S13, SB13, SM13

Residence

Chofu, JPN

Occupation

Student

Languages

Japanese

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began the sport competitively at age 15.

Club / Team

Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo School for the Blind: Japan

Name of coach

Fumiyo Minemura [national], JPN

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (kyoiku.metro.tokyo.jp, 15 Feb 2018)

Impairment

He has Stargardt macular degeneration, a visual impairment diagnosed at age ten. (city.chofu.tokyo.jp, 20 Dec 2016)

Biography