Yuki Temma

Japan

Athletics | Goalball

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

Further personal information

Residence

Tokyo, JPN

Occupation

Office Worker

Languages

Japanese

Higher education

Mathematics - Nihon University: Tokyo, JPN

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She took up the sport in 2014.

Why this sport?

She competed in athletics [T11 100m and T11 200m] at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, but quit the sport as she did not think she would be able to improve on her results at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. She was then invited to a goalball training session by coach Masato Teranishi while she was studying at the Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired at the University of Tsukuba in Japan.

Club / Team

Team Fuzoku [JPN] / My Tech [JPN]:

Name of coach

Kyoichi Ichikawa [national], JPN

Preferred position / style / stance / technique

Right wing

International debut

Year

2014

Competing for

Japan

Tournament

Asian Para Games

Location

Incheon, KOR

General interest

Nicknames

Ten-chan (parasapo.tokyo, 01 Jan 2021)

Hero / Idol

Coach Kyoichi Ichikawa, Japanese volleyball player Takeshita Yoshie. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2016, 01 Apr 2016)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Do your best every time." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Awards and honours

In 2016 she received the Fuchu Citizen Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 18 Oct 2016)

Other sports

She has competed in Para athletics at international level, and represented Japan in the T11 100m and T11 200m at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Dec 2020; sports.nhk.or.jp, 25 Dec 2019)

Ambitions

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (chunichi.co.jp, 24 Feb 2021)

Impairment

Her vision is affected by pigmentary degeneration of the retina. She was diagnosed with the condition at birth. (number.bunshun.jp, 06 May 2019; Athlete, 03 Sep 2016)

Other information

TEAM LEADER
In 2017 she began captaining the Japanese national team. (parasapo.tokyo, 10 Feb 2021, 01 Jan 2021)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 200 m T11		Heat 3	2012-09-01	2
Women's 100 m T11		Heat 1	2012-09-04	3

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women	Group C	2016-09-08	2
Women	Group C	2016-09-09	4
Women	Group C	2016-09-11	6
Women	Group C	2016-09-12	8
Women	Group C - Standings	2016-09-13	3
Women	Quarterfinal	2016-09-14	2