FURUYA Anju

Japan

Athletics

Date of Birth: 14 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T20

Place of birth: YOKOHAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : YOSHIMI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 1500m - T20	4

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T20 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Women's 800m T20	2017	London, GBR	2:21.37
6	1500m - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:51.06
10	400m - T20	2017	London, GBR	1:02.71

Hobbies:

Reading, watching television. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Farmer

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Saitama Athletics Club [Japan]

Coach:

Yuki Kobayashi, JPN, from 2014

Debut:

2015 for Japan, in Ecuador (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)

Start:

She took up Para athletics at age 18 in 2013 in Saitama, Japan. (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017; mainichi.jp, 04 Jan 2017)

Reason:

She was introduced to the sport at Saitama Prefectural Ageo Special Needs School in Japan. She began to pursue it more seriously after winning a marathon in year 12, but later switched to shorter track events so she could compete in more disciplines. (pref.saitama.lg.jp, 04 Feb 2017; mainichi.jp, 04 Jan 2017)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nhk.or.jp, 09 Mar 2021)

Hero:

Japanese Para athlete Atsushi Yamamoto, Polish Para athlete Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Stay motivated." (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)

General Interest

Classification
T20 (IPC, 19 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (Athlete, 14 Jul 2017)

Legend

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

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