SUZUKI Ayako

Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SU5

Place of birth: KOSHIGAYA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Women's Singles SU5	2
	Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 JPN ITO Noriko / SUZUKI Ayako	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A #WSSU5303 JPN SUZUKI ASUZUKI Ayako Sport Class: SU5 2 IND KOHLI PKOHLI Palak Sport Class: SU5 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 3	Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A #WDSL3-SU5703 JPN ITO Noriko / SUZUKI Ayako 2 THA SAENSUPA Nipada / SRINAVAKUL Chanida 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A #WSSU5311 JPN SUZUKI ASUZUKI Ayako Sport Class: SU5 2 TUR BAGLAR ZBAGLAR Zehra Sport Class: SU5 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Play Stage - Group A #WDSL3-SU5706 INA LEANI RATRI Oktila / KHALIMATUS Sadiyah 2 JPN ITO Noriko / SUZUKI Ayako 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Semi-final #WDSL3-SU5708 JPN ITO Noriko / SUZUKI Ayako 0 CHN CHENG Hefang / MA Huihui 2	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Singles SU5 Semi-final #WSSU5317 JPN SUZUKI ASUZUKI Ayako Sport Class: SU5 2 JPN KAMEYAMA KKAMEYAMA Kaede Sport Class: SU5 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1	Women's Singles SU5 Gold Medal Match #WSSU5320 JPN SUZUKI ASUZUKI Ayako Sport Class: SU5 0 CHN YANG QYANG Qiuxia Sport Class: SU5 2	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 3	Women's Doubles SL3-SU5 Bronze Medal Match #WDSL3-SU5709 FRA MORIN Lenaig / NOEL Faustine 0 JPN ITO Noriko / SUZUKI Ayako 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
1	Singles SU5	2017	Ulsan, KOR
1	Singles SU5	2009	Seoul, KOR
2	Singles SU5	2019	Basel, SUI
3	Doubles SL3-SU5	2019	Basel, SUI
5	Singles SL3	2009	Seoul, KOR
Asian Para Games
2	Singles SU5	2018	Jakarta, INA

Travelling. (paralympic.org, 11 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Bank Employee

Tokyo Keizai University , Japan

Languages spoken:

The 77 Bank [Sendai, JPN]

Atsushi Kusai [club], JPN: Kim Jung Ja [national], KOR

2009 for Japan (paralympic.org, 11 Aug 2020)

She began playing able-bodied badminton at age nine. She took up Para badminton when she was in her third year of university. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019; paralympic.org, 11 Aug 2020)

She was encouraged to take up badminton by her family. She was later introduced to Para badminton by her father, who worked at a school for children with impairments. (pref.saitama.lg.jp, 12 Feb 2019; jpbf.jp, 22 Jun 2018; hochi.news, 13 Apr 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 17 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

She has competed in able-bodied badminton at national level in Japan, and was runner-up in doubles at the 2004 All Japan Junior Championships. (hochi.news, 13 Apr 2019)

In 2016 and 2018 she received the Sendai City Sports Award in Japan. (miyagi-badminton.main.jp, 01 Jun 2016; city.sendai.jp, 01 Jun 2018)

General Interest

Classification
SU5 (BWF, 31 Mar 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with an impairment to her right arm. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019; pref.saitama.lg.jp, 12 Feb 2019; hochi.news, 13 Apr 2019)

General
RETIREMENT AND RETURN
She retired from international competition in 2010. She returned to the sport in 2015 after she heard that Para badminton was included in the programme for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I didn't have any further goals after winning gold at the 2009 World Championships [in Seoul, Republic of Korea] and the 2010 Asian Para Games [in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China]. I became motivated again, because I haven't won gold at the Paralympic Games yet." (nikkansports.com, 17 Nov 2019; sports.nhk.or.jp, 17 Jul 2019; pref.saitama.lg.jp, 12 Feb 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ayako.suzuki.940641

Legend

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

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