YAMAZAKI Yuma

Date of Birth: 8 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Sport Class: WH2

Place of birth: KOKUBUNJI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : FUCHU

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Women's Singles WH2	3
	Women's Doubles WH JPN SATOMI Sarina / YAMAZAKI Yuma	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Singles WH2 Group Play Stage - Group B #WSWH2301 JPN YAMAZAKI YYAMAZAKI Yuma Sport Class: WH2 2 KOR LEE SALEE Sun Ae Sport Class: WH2 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Doubles WH Group Play Stage - Group A #WDWH1-WH2701 JPN SATOMI Sarina / YAMAZAKI Yuma 2 KOR KANG Jung Kum / LEE Sun Ae 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Singles WH2 Group Play Stage - Group B #WSWH2308 JPN YAMAZAKI YYAMAZAKI Yuma Sport Class: WH2 1 TUR SECKIN ESECKIN Emine Sport Class: WH2 2	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Doubles WH Group Play Stage - Group A #WDWH1-WH2705 JPN SATOMI Sarina / YAMAZAKI Yuma 2 THA POOKKHAM Sujirat / WETWITHAN Amnouy 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Singles WH2 Quarterfinal #WSWH2312 JPN YAMAZAKI YYAMAZAKI Yuma Sport Class: WH2 2 RPC GUREEVA TGUREEVA Tatiana Sport Class: WH2 1	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Singles WH2 Semi-final #WSWH2315 JPN YAMAZAKI YYAMAZAKI Yuma Sport Class: WH2 0 CHN XU TXU Tingting Sport Class: WH2 2	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Doubles WH Semi-final #WDWH1-WH2707 JPN SATOMI Sarina / YAMAZAKI Yuma 2 THA POOKKHAM Sujirat / WETWITHAN Amnouy 0	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 4	Women's Singles WH2 Bronze Medal Match #WSWH2316 TUR SECKIN ESECKIN Emine Sport Class: WH2 0 JPN YAMAZAKI YYAMAZAKI Yuma Sport Class: WH2 2	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium Court 2	Women's Doubles WH Gold Medal Match #WDWH1-WH2710 JPN SATOMI Sarina / YAMAZAKI Yuma 2 CHN LIU Yutong / YIN Menglu 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
3	Doubles WH	2019	Basel, SUI
3	Doubles WH	2017	Ulsan, KOR
5	Singles WH2	2019	Basel, SUI
5	Singles WH2	2017	Ulsan, KOR
5	Doubles WH	2017	Ulsan, KOR
5	Singles WH2	2015	Stoke Mandeville, GBR
5	Doubles WH	2015	Stoke Mandeville, GBR
9	Doubles WH	2015	Stoke Mandeville, GBR
Asian Para Games
3	Singles WH2	2018	Jakarta, INA
3	Doubles WH	2018	Jakarta, INA
5	Doubles WH	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Husband Atsushi Yamazaki, two sons [2012, 2014]

Languages spoken:

NTT Urban Development Corporation [Japan]

Josemari Fujimoto [personal], JPN; Masayuki Yamazakoi [national], JPN; Takahiro Furuya [national], JPN; Kim Jung Ja [national]

2015 for Japan (fujingaho.jp, 16 Dec 2019)

She took up Para badminton seriously in 2014. (fujingaho.jp, 16 Dec 2019; city.hino.lg.jp, 01 Jan 2018)

She began playing able-bodied badminton in grade two of primary school as being influenced by her friend, and competed at the national championships while in middle school. She decided to get involved in Para badminton after watching a competition for the first time. "I was surprised that it was possible to play the sport in a wheelchair. Athletes looked very happy, so I also wanted to try it." (parasapo.tokyo, Aug 2019; fujingaho.jp, 16 Dec 2019; city.hino.lg.jp, 01 Jan 2018)

To win gold in doubles at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (parasapo.tokyo, Aug 2019)

Her husband. (parasapo.tokyo, Aug 2019)

General Interest

Classification
WH2 (parasapo.tokyo, 07 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (fujingaho.jp, 08 Dec 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (2020.ntt, 31 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
Her impairment is the result of a traffic accident at age 16. (fujingaho.jp, 08 Dec 2019; sports-tokyo-info.metro.tokyo.lg.jp, 16 Feb 2018)

General
FOCUS ON SPORT
In 2017 she transferred to NTT Urban Development Corporation from Chofu City Office, because she wanted to focus on training. She goes to work once a week, while working from home for the rest of the week. "I was shocked to be defeated in the first round of the singles event at the 2016 Asian Championships [in Beijing, People's Republic of China]. I realised that I needed to concentrate on the sport. It was a big decision for me to quit the Chofu City Office that guaranteed a permanent position. It was the turning point." (tama-100.or.jp, Feb 2019; Chofu City YouTube channel, 11 Jan 2018)

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Legend

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

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