Biography
Impairment information
Classification
S5, SB4, SM5
Further personal information
Residence
Fukuoka, JPN
Languages
Japanese
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming at age three.
Why this sport?
She was discovered by a coach.
Club / Team
Bridgestone Swimming School Nagazumi : Japan
Name of coach
Yoshinobu Nakano [club], Ryo Funakoshi [club], JPN; Fumiyo Minemura [national], JPN
International debut
Year
1998
Competing for
Japan
Location
Christchurch, NZL
General interest
Nicknames
Yuka, Yukachi (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Hobbies
Puzzles. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Most influential person in career
Her former coach Satoko Takeuji. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Hero / Idol
Her former coach Satoko Takeuji. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Awards and honours
In 2010 she received the Fukuoka City's Peoples Award and the Athlete of the Year from the Fukuoka Amateur Sports Association. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Ambitions
To win a Paralympic medal. (Athlete, 10 Aug 2013)
Impairment
She has a motor skill impairment. (challengers.tv, 22 Oct 2014)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 | Heats | 4 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 | Final Round | 4 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 | Heats | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 | Final Round | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 | Heat 2 | 4 | ||
Women's 200 m Freestyle S5 | Final Round | 6 | ||
Women's 200 m Freestyle S5 | Heat 1 | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Final Round | 7 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Heat 1 | 4 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S5 | Heat 1 | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Women's 50 m Freestyle S5 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S5 | Heats | 7 | ||
Women's 200 m Freestyle S5 | Final Round | 7 | ||
Women's 200 m Freestyle S5 | Heats | 6 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Heats | 8 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 200 m Freestyle S5 | Final 1 | 2013-08-13 | 6 | |
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-14 | 8 | |
Women's 50 m Backstroke S5 | Final 1 | 2013-08-14 | 7 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S5 | Heat 1 | 2013-08-17 | 10 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S5 | Heat 2 | 2013-08-18 | 9 |