MIYAJIKI Koji

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: SUITA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

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

Jikijiki (Twitter profile, 16 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Tokorozawa Thunders [Japan]

Rikiya Kudo [national], JPN

Position style:

Left wing (japanpost.jp, 20 Dec 2020)

Other sports:

"The progress is for myself, the result is for others." (Twitter profile, 16 Mar 2021)

He took up the sport seriously in 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Nippon Challenged Athletes Radio, 16 Nov 2020; paraspoplus.com, 09 Oct 2019)

He was invited to a goalball talent identification camp by an official of the Japan Goalball Association who had watched him play volleyball. He decided to move from Osaka to Tokyo in order to focus on the sport. "I don't like playing sports alone, but with teammates. Also, I can compete internationally, so I chose goalball." (japanpost.jp, 20 Dec 2020; paraspoplus.com, 09 Oct 2019; Nippon Challenged Athletes Radio, 16 Nov 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (japanpost.jp, 20 Dec 2020)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (japanpost.jp, 20 Dec 2020; isas.ibsasport.org, 21 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Nippon Challenged Athletes Radio, 16 Nov 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Nippon Challenged Athletes Radio, 16 Nov 2020)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in grade five of primary school. (japanpost.jp, 20 Dec 2020; paraspoplus.com, 09 Oct 2019; parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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