ESAKI Shun

Date of Birth: 25 Mar 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Sport Class: BC4

Place of birth: KASUGAI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KASUGAI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boccia	Individual - BC4	20
	Pairs - BC4 JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Individual - BC4 Pool C #5 COL GRISALES EGRISALES Euclides Sport Class: BC4 4 JPN ESAKI SESAKI Shun Sport Class: BC4 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Individual - BC4 Pool C #74 GBR McGUIRE SMcGUIRE Stephen Sport Class: BC4 3 JPN ESAKI SESAKI Shun Sport Class: BC4 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Individual - BC4 Pool C #100 HKG WONG KHWONG Kwan Hang Sport Class: BC4 5 JPN ESAKI SESAKI Shun Sport Class: BC4 3	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Pairs - BC4 Pool B #187 HKG Hong Kong, China 7 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Pairs - BC4 Pool B #196 RPC RPC 7 JPN Japan 3	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 3	Pairs - BC4 Pool B #209 THA Thailand 8 JPN Japan 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Pairs - BC4 Pool B #224 COL Colombia 1 JPN Japan 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
14	Pairs - BC4	2018	Liverpool, GBR
24	Individual - BC4	2018	Liverpool, GBR
Asian Para Games
5	Pairs - BC4	2018	Jakarta, INA
9	Individual - BC4	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Commerce - Hosei University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Hosei University [Tokyo, JPN]

Mitsuteru Murakami [national], JPN; Yasuhide Esaki [father], JPN

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Takumi Esaki has also competed in boccia at junior level in Japan. (city.kasugai.lg.jp, 28 Dec 2019)

He took up the sport in grade seven of middle school. (parasapo.tokyo, Jul 2021; city.kasugai.lg.jp, 25 Dec 2019; tokyo-np.co.jp, 26 Nov 2019)

He first tried the sport in a class at Komaki Special Education School in Japan. (city.kasugai.lg.jp, 25 Dec 2019; tokyo-np.co.jp, 26 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (city.kasugai.lg.jp, 25 Dec 2019)

He was named Para Athlete of the Year at the 2020/21 Japan Association for University Athletics and Sport [UNIVAS] Awards in Japan. (dl1.dl.multidevice-disc.com, 2021)

General Interest

Classification
BC4 (worldboccia.com, 01 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (tokyo-np.co.jp, 26 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age six, and began using a wheelchair in grade six of primary school. (parasapo.tokyo, Jul 2021; tokyo-np.co.jp, 26 Nov 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/people/Shun-Esaki/100011834617956

Legend

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

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