TSUJI Sae

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	400m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:00.62
7	100m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	13.30
7	200m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	27.97
World Championships
3	400m - T47	2017	London, GBR	1:00.67
6	200m - T47	2017	London, GBR	26.84
6	100m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	13.34
7	400m - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	1:00.65
7	100m - T47	2017	London, GBR	13.23
Asian Para Games
3	Women's 100m T45-47	2018	Jakarta, INA	13.10
3	Women's 400m T45/46/47	2018	Jakarta, INA	59.74

Tsujichan (parasapo.tokyo, 26 Jan 2021)

Sae Shigemoto

Watching movies and US television series. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Athlete, Student

Sports Science - Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Nippon Sport Science University [Tokyo, JPN]

Yoko Nagano [club], JPN

She has competed in able-bodied handball at university level in Japan. (dentsuprdigital.com, 25 Sep 2015)

2015 for Japan, World Championships in Doha, Qatar (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

2015 (dentsuprdigital.com, 25 Sep 2015)

She first tried Para athletics in grade eight of middle school and began focusing on the sport in 2015 at Nippon Sport Science University in Tokyo, Japan. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; panasonic.jp, 24 Aug 2018; dentsuprdigital.com, 25 Sep 2015)

She participated in an athletics competition while she was in middle school. When she went to university she initially joined the handball team but decided to focus solely on Para athletics after she was inspired by watching Para athlete Atsushi Yamamoto win gold in the men's T42 long jump at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon, France. "I can play handball anytime but, in terms of athletics, it really is now or never when I think of reaching the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo." (panasonic.jp, 24 Aug 2018; Athlete, 14 Jul 2017; dentsuprdigital.com, 25 Sep 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sanspo.com, 24 Aug 2020; nhk.or.jp, 29 Apr 2019)

Winning bronze in the T47 400m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 19 Apr 2021; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Coach Yoko Nagano. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Coach Yoko Nagano, Japanese Para sprinter and long jumper Atsushi Yamamoto. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

"It doesn't matter if you succeed or not if you are putting the effort in. If you succeed, you will have new challenges. If you fail, you will learn from that and see what the next challenge should be." (panasonic.jp, 24 Aug 2018)

In 2018 she received the Kanagawa Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (pref.kanagawa.jp, 27 Dec 2018)

She received the Female New Face Award at the 2016 Japan Para Sports Awards. (the-japan-news.com, 08 Dec 2016)