SUGIURA Keiko

Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1970

Age: 50

Gender: Female

Sport Class: C3

Place of birth: KAKEGAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit	5
	Women's C1-3 500m Time Trial	4

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's C1-3 500m Time Trial	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING ROAD

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Road World Championships
2	Women's C3 - Road Race	2019	Emmen, NED
2	C3 Time Trial	2019	Emmen, NED

CYCLING TRACK

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Track World Championships
2	Women's C3 - 500m Time Trial	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
3	Women's C3 - 500m Time Trial	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
5	C3 3000m Individual Pursuit	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
8	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2020	Milton, ON, CAN
9	C3 3000m Individual Pursuit	2019	Apeldoorn, NED
15	C1-5 750m Team Sprint	2019	Apeldoorn, NED

Previous names:

Occupation:

Pharmacy - Kitasato University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Rakuten Socio Business [JPN] / Welpark [JPN]

Mitsuya Yahata [personal], JPN

Other sports:

She competed in able-bodied triathlon at international level. (nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020; nikkansports.com, 05 Sep 2018; cycloch.net, 10 Apr 2019)

2017 for Japan (nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020; 1242.com, 16 Dec 2018)

National team:

2017 (1242.com, 16 Dec 2018)

She took up Para cycling in 2016. (at-s.com, 05 Jan 2020; nikkansports.com, 05 Sep 2018)

She was encouraged to try Para cycling by staff from the Japan Para Cycling Federation. (at-s.com, 05 Jan 2020; nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020; nikkansports.com, 05 Sep 2018)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020)

She received the Para Cycling Award at the 2018 International Cycling Union [UCI] Cycling Gala. (at-s.com, 05 Jan 2020; UCI Twitter profile, 21 Oct 2018)

General Interest

Classification
C3 (parasapo.tokyo, 10 Feb 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020)

Impairment Details
She acquired a brain injury as the result of an accident when she fell off her bike during a triathlon race in 2016. (nihonsanki-shimbun.com, 05 Jan 2020; at-s.com, 05 Jan 2020)

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She considered retirement from international competition after being informed about the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo to 2021, but decided to continue her sporting career. "In 2021, I'll be at age 50, so I thought that it would be impossible for me to continue competitive action, despite improving my performance level. I have designed my life every 10 years, so I felt like I had to move onto the next chapter of my life. Therefore, I declared my retirement intention in the training camp. However, my personal coach Mitsuya Yahata said, 'there would be a big difference between your 20s and 50s, but regarding the age of 49 and 50, that is a margin of error.' The expression, 'margin of error' made me laugh off." (tokyo-np.co.jp, 01 Dec 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/keiko.noguchi.338

Legend

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

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