KANEKO Kazuya

Date of Birth: 8 Feb 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: SAITAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : SAITAMA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Men JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #03 ALG Algeria 4 JPN Japan 13	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #17 JPN Japan 11 USA United States 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #25 LTU Lithuania 2 JPN Japan 10	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #29 JPN Japan 3 BRA Brazil 8	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Quarterfinal #41 JPN Japan 4 CHN China 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Men	2018	Malmo, SWE
Asian Para Games
4	Men	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Amaryllis [Japan]

Rikiya Kudo [national], JPN

Position style:

Left wing (jgba.jp, 30 Apr 2021)

2016 for Japan, in Sweden (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 14 Aug 2019)

He began playing the sport in 2011 in grade nine of middle school, and took up the sport competitively in 2015 after graduating from high school. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 14 Aug 2019)

He originally played baseball while in primary school. After he quit the sport, his mother took him to a Paralympian talent identification camp, and tried goalball. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020; city.saitama.jp, Mar 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Smile sports Facebook page, 21 Dec 2020)

Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki. (city.saitama.jp, Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"Thanks for yesterday, hope for tomorrow, devote to now." (city.saitama.jp, Mar 2020)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (jgba.jp, 30 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020 )

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy [LHON] which causes vision loss in grade four of primary school. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020 )

Legend

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

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