KAWAMOTO Shota

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
13	C2 Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
31	C1-3 Road Race	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Road World Championships
4	Men's C2 - Road Race	2018	Maniago, ITA
7	Men's C2 - Road Race	2019	Emmen, NED
10	C2 Time Trial	2018	Maniago, ITA
10	C2 Time Trial	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
11	C2 Time Trial	2019	Emmen, NED
13	Men's C2 - Road Race	2017	Pietermaritzburg, RSA
Track World Championships
4	Men's C2 - Scratch Race	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
4	Men's C2 - Omnium	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
7	Men's C2 - Scratch Race	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
Asian Para Games
2	Men's C1-2 - Time Trial	2018	Jakarta, INA
3	Men's C1-2-3 - 1000m Time Trial	2018	Jakarta, INA

CYCLING TRACK

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Para Games
3	Men's C1-2 - 3km Pursuit	2018	Jakarta, INA
Paralympic Games
8	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
8	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
13	C1-3 1000m Time Trial	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Track World Championships
3	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
5	Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
6	Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
7	Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA
8	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
8	Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
9	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Men's C1-3 - Scratch Race	2018	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
10	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
10	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
11	Men's C2 - 1000m Time Trial	2016	Montichiari, ITA
11	C2 3000m Individual Pursuit	2016	Montichiari, ITA
15	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2019	Apeldoorn, NED

Japanese

Yamato Sangyo [Japan]

Taishi Kenzo [national], JPN

He competed in Para baseball for three years, representing Japan at the 2014 World Impaired Baseball Tournament in Japan. (asahi.com, 16 Jun 2016)

2016 for Japan, World Championships in Italy (asahi.com, 16 Jun 2016)

He took up Para cycling in 2015. (asahi.com, 16 Jun 2016; tokyo2020.org, 12 Jan 2021)

He was encouraged to take up the sport not by another member of the Para baseball team he played for, and also by Taishi Kenjo, the head coach of Japan's Para cycling national team. "A senior member of the Japan Dream Baseball League told me about Para cycling, which aroused my curiosity for the sport." (asahi.com, 16 Jun 2016; tokyo2020.org, 12 Jan 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 12 Jan 2021)

His parents. (tokyo2020.org, 12 Jan 2021)

In 2016 he received the Shizuoka Prefecture Governor Special Citation Award in Japan. (asahi.com, 15 Oct 2016)

In 2016 he received the Hiroshima Prefecture Physical Education and Sports Governor Citation Award in Japan. (hpsa.info, 09 Dec 2016)