FUJII Yuriko

Date of Birth: 1 Dec 1972

Age: 48

Gender: Female

Sport Class: BC1

Place of birth: UOZU

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : UOZU

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boccia	Individual - BC1	13
	Team - BC1/BC2 JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Individual - BC1 Pool D #35 SVK KRAL TKRAL Tomas Sport Class: BC1 5 JPN FUJII YFUJII Yuriko Sport Class: BC1 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Individual - BC1 Pool D #80 BRA de OLIVEIRA JCCde OLIVEIRA Jose Carlos Chagas Sport Class: BC1 5 JPN FUJII YFUJII Yuriko Sport Class: BC1 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Individual - BC1 Pool D #106 POR RAMOS ARAMOS Andre Sport Class: BC1 5 JPN FUJII YFUJII Yuriko Sport Class: BC1 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #179 JPN Japan 8 SVK Slovakia 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #193 JPN Japan 5 POR Portugal 4	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 1	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #201 JPN Japan 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #228 JPN Japan 6 BRA Brazil 4	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Team - BC1/BC2 Semifinal 2 #238 JPN Japan 3 THA Thailand 8	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Team - BC1/BC2 Bronze Medal Match #245 POR Portugal 3 JPN Japan 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Team - BC1/BC2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	Team - BC1/BC2	2012	London, GBR
11	Individual - BC1	2012	London, GBR
16	Individual - BC1	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2	Team - BC1/BC2	2018	Liverpool, GBR
20	Individual - BC1	2018	Liverpool, GBR
Asian Para Games
3	Team - BC1/BC2	2018	Jakarta, INA
5	Individual - BC1	2018	Jakarta, INA

Previous names:

Yuriko Shibayama

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Mitsuteru Murakami [national], JPN

2003 for Japan, World Cup (boccia-fan.net, 24 Jul 2015)

She began playing boccia in 2000, and took up the sport competitively in 2002. (parasapo.tokyo, 25 Jul 2021; chunichi.co.jp, 24 Aug 2016)

She tried the sport for the first time at an event for people with impairments. "You can roll the ball without any force. I thought that it was fun to play sports for the first time." (chunichi.co.jp, 24 Aug 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ANN News, 11 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Boccia is my reason for living." (yomiuri.co.jp, 30 May 2021)

In 2016 she received the Toyama Prefecture Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (pref.toyama.jp, 18 Nov 2016)

General Interest

Classification
BC1 (worldboccia.com, 22 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (chunichi.co.jp, 24 Aug 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (chunichi.co.jp, 24 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after suffering an illness at 10 months old. (chunichi.co.jp, 24 Aug 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/yuriko.fujii.96

Legend

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

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