Tatsuko Aoki

Japan

Alpine Skiing

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Spinal Cord Injuries

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

LW10-2

Further personal information

Residence

Nagano, JPN

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Japanese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She took up the sport at age 20.

Why this sport?

She skis because she enjoys it so much.

Name of coach

Kazushi Shido [national], JPN

General interest

Nicknames

Tacchan (Vancouver, 21 Mar 2010)

Hobbies

Hobby crafts. (Athlete, 12 Dec 2012)

Awards and honours

In 2001 and 2009 she was given a Sports Promotion Citation Award by the Nagano City Sports Association in Japan. (nagano-taikyo.jp, 26 Mar 2015)

In 1998 she received the Nagano Citizen Honorary Award. (city.nagano.nagano.jp, 24 Mar 2014)

Impairment

Her left leg was paralysed as a result of an injury she sustained during gymnastics. At the 1988 Paralympic Winter Games in Innsbruck she was involved in another accident, which worsened her condition. (paralympic.org, 14 Dec 2011)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games (Nagano, Japan)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom LW10-11	Final Round	2
Women's Giant Slalom LW10-11	Final Round	8
Women's Super-G LW10-11	Final Round	9999

Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final Round	9999
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final Round	4
Women's Super Combined Sitting	Final Round	9999
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final Round	6
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final Round	9999

Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (Torino, Italy)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final Round	3
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final Round	6
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final Round	5
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final Round	6

Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City, United States of America)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's Slalom LW10-12	Final Round	9999
Women's Giant Slalom LW10-11	Final Round	9999
Women's Super-G LW10-12	Final Round	5
Women's Downhill LW10-12	Final Round	9999

IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships (Kangwonland, South Korea)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Slalom Sitting	Final	2009-02-20	6
Women's Giant Slalom Sitting	Final	2009-02-21	3
Women's Super-Combined Sitting	Final	2009-02-23	4
Women's Super-G Sitting	Final	2009-02-23	4
Women's Super-G Sitting	Run 2	2009-02-24	4
Women's Downhill Sitting	Final	2009-02-28	3