Shinya Wada

Wadachi (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)

Winning bronze in the T11 5000m at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)

Japanese judoka Hiroshi Izumi. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)

In October 2010 he fractured a bone due to working out too much and was unable to run for one month. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)

"Always be stronger than your past self." (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)

In 2015 and 2019 he was given the Osaka Sports Excellence Award. (pref.osaka.lg.jp, 16 Sep 2015; pref.osaka.lg.jp, 19 Sep 2019)

He received the Kirari Ibaraki Grand Award, part of an achievement award in Ibaraki, Japan, after he finished sixth in both the T11 1500m and 5000m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (city.ibaraki.osaka.jp, 19 Oct 2016)

In 2016 he was given the Osaka Mayor Citation Award in Japan. (nnn.co.jp, 14 Oct 2016)

In 2012 he received the Impressive Osaka Grand Prize in Japan. (sponichi.co.jp, 27 Sep 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 09 Nov 2019; special-contents.komei-shimbun.jp, 30 Dec 2019)

He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in the 11th grade at high school. He lost his vision completely in his third year of university. (nikkansports.com, 19 Sep 2015; wadashinya.com, 05 Mar 2015)

OCCUPATION
He has previously worked for the Osaka Blind Welfare Association, but left the organisation to work for the trading firm Nagase, as it allowed him more time to focus on training ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I wanted to test my potential as a runner. The Nagase company environment allows me to train as much as I want." (special-contents.komei-shimbun.jp, 30 Dec 2019; nagase.co.jp, 04 Jan 2021, 10 Jul 2020)