HORIKOSHI Tadashi

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Marathon - T12	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2:36:50
5	Men's 5000m T12	2012	London, GBR	14:48.89
11	1500m - T13	2008	Beijing, CHN	4:11.36
12	5000m - T13	2008	Beijing, CHN	16:27.36
World Championships
5	5000m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	15:42.47
5	Men's 10000m T12	2011	Christchurch, NZL	32:46.40
6	Men's 1500m T12	2013	Lyon, FRA	4:23.45
6	Men's 5000m T12	2011	Christchurch, NZL	15:48.55
6	Men's 800m T12	2011	Christchurch, NZL	2:04.51
7	Men's 5000m T12	2013	Lyon, FRA	16:27.46
Asian Para Games
1	Men's 5000m T12/13	2018	Jakarta, INA	16:05.09
3	Men's 1500m T12/13	2018	Jakarta, INA	4:11.21

Hori (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

Photography, cooking. (Instagram profile, 21 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Office Worker

Health and Welfare Studies - Mejiro University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

NTT West Japan [Japan]

2007 for Japan (Athlete, 16 Aug 2012)

In July 2019 he suffered an injury to his right knee, which continued to trouble him into early 2020. (chunichi.co.jp, 21 May 2021; kyoto-np.co.jp, 30 Sep 2020)

In April 2019, an injury to his right thigh forced him to withdraw from the 2019 London Marathon in England. (jbma.or.jp, 17 Sep 2020)

He underwent cataract surgery in the northern hemisphere summer of 2017 and returned to competitive action at the November 2017 Osaka Marathon in Japan. (parasapo.tokyo, 09 Aug 2019)

He took up Para athletics after he enrolled at the Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. (Athlete, 16 Aug 2012; parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

He took part in swimming at primary school, but joined an athletics team after he was inspired by Para athletes at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He decided to focus on marathon in 2015, because he thought he would be more competitive at international level. (Athlete, 16 Aug 2012; chunichi.co.jp, 21 May 2021; parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (kyoto-np.co.jp, 30 Sep 2020)

He eats steamed rice with red beans for two to three days before a competition, including overseas events. (Bochibochi YouTube channel, 05 Jun 2019)

"Never give up." (symbol.ntt-west.co.jp, 08 May 2019)

In 2016 he received the Kyoto Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (pref.kyoto.jp, 30 Nov 2016)

In 2012 he received the Kyoto Sports Award in Japan. (spogaku.pref.kyoto.lg.jp, 02 Apr 2015)