KUBO Kozo

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
14	5000m - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10:40.37
18	Marathon - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:46:31
World Championships
13	5000m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	10:35.59
13	5000m - T54	2006	Assen, NED	10:53.91
32	Marathon - T54	2006	Assen, NED	1:42:41
DNF	Marathon - T54	2013	Lyon, FRA	DNF
Asian Para Games
6	Men's 5000m T53/54	2018	Jakarta, INA	11:15.19

Athlete, Office Worker

Two children

Japanese

Hitachi Solutions [Japan]

He was an able-bodied baseball player at high school level. He competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games in 2010 and 2014. He won bronze in the biathlon 7.5km sitting event at the 2014 Games in Sochi. (bgf.or.jp, 23 May 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 24 Mar 2017; paralympic.org, 2016)

In February 2019, he ruptured his right wrist ligaments when fellow Para athlete Tatsuya Ito wrenched his wrist by showing him some aikido moves during training in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was supposed to undergo surgery, but decided to avoid it due to the long recovery period ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. He required around five months of rehabilitation. (mainichi.jp, 31 Jul 2019; yahoo.co.jp, 27 Jun 2019; sankei.com, 27 Jun 2019)

He took up Para athletics in grade 12 of high school, and turned into a professional wheelchair marathon athlete in 2005. He switched from Para athletics to Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon in 2007 and 2008, respectively. He then returned to Para athletics after he had competed at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (bgf.or.jp, 30 May 2017; hitachi-solutions.co.jp, 14 Aug 2016 )

He was fascinated by the sport after watching Para athletes on television. (bgf.or.jp, 30 May 2017; asahi.com, 22 Mar 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp, 29 Jun 2016)

Swiss wheelchair racer Heinz Frei. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)

"There is no choice but to do it." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)

In May 2014 he was presented with the Hokkaido Honorary Award in Japan. (daily.co.jp, 30 May 2014)

He was given the Bihoro Town Honorary Award twice in Japan. (bgf.or.jp, 23 May 2017)