FUJII Shio

Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Place of birth: OSAKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women JPN Japan	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #01 NED Netherlands 32 JPN Japan 21	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 JPN Japan 29 MNE Montenegro 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #15 JPN Japan 24 KOR Republic of Korea 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #19 ANG Angola 28 JPN Japan 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #30 NOR Norway 37 JPN Japan 25	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Women	2013	Serbia
14	Women	2011	Brazil
16	Women	2009	People's Republic of China
19	Women	2015	Denmark
19	Women	2007	France

Ryu (lovvits.jp, 19 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Automotive Industry

Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Osaka Lovvits [Japan] since 2018

Yuka Kamakawa [club], JPN; Ulrik Kirkely [national], DEN

Position style:

Right back (lovvits.jp, 19 Jun 2021)

Left (lovvits.jp, 19 Jun 2021)

National league:

Japan Handball League [JPN] (lovvits.jp, 19 Jun 2021)

She took up the sport in grade four of primary school. (mainichi.jp, 12 Jan 2021)

She was originally involved in port ball and was invited to try handball. (pindys.omron.co.jp, 2015)

Philosophy:

"Break through the limit." (lovvits.jp, 05 Apr 2018)

She received the Top Goal Scorer Award for the 2019/20 Japan Handball League. (mainichi.jp, 12 Feb 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the Japan Handball League in the 2007/08 and 2012/13 seasons. (jhl.handball.jp, 08 Jul 2007; twcpe.ac.jp, 02 Jul 2021; jhl.handball.jp, 2013)

She was named in the Best Seven team of the year six times between 2009 and 2020. (jhl.handball.jp, 2010; twcpe.ac.jp, 02 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
RETIRMENT AND RETURN
She announced her retirement from competitive handball in March 2015 in order to focus on her work as a school teacher and head coach of handball at Senshin High School in Osaka, Japan. However, she returned to handball in October that year, and later decided to take a break from her teaching work to concentrate on preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 06 Mar 2016; lovvits.jp, 05 Apr 2018; nikkei.com, 19 Oct 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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