URATA Rie

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1977

Age: 44

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: KUMAMOTO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : FUKUOKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #04 TUR Turkey 7 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #16 JPN Japan 4 BRA Brazil 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #24 JPN Japan 3 USA United States 2	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group D #30 EGY Egypt 0 JPN Japan 10	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinal #48 ISR Israel 1 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Semifinal #52 TUR Turkey 8 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Bronze Medal Match #53 BRA Brazil 1 JPN Japan 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Women	2012	London, GBR
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
4	Women	2014	Espoo, FIN
5	Women	2018	Malmo, SWE
Asian Para Games
1	Women	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Health Care Professional, Motivational Speaker

Education - Fukuoka Educational College, Japan

Languages spoken:

Sogo Medical [JPN] / Kyushu Nadeshiko [JPN]

Kyoichi Ichikawa [national], JPN

Position style:

Centre (jgba.jp, 12 Oct 2020)

2006 for Japan, World Championships in Spartanburg, SC, United States (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

She began playing goalball in 2004. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2016)

She became interested in the sport after the Japanese women's team won bronze at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016; 1242.com, 29 May 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Jul 2020)

Her grandmother. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Her first coach Eguro Naoki. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"Since I took up goalball, I can no more make excuses about the fact that I cannot see. Now I can see things that I couldn't see before I lost my vision." (parasapo.tokyo, 14 Mar 2019)

In 2013 she was given the Nishinippon Sports Award by the Nishinippon Shimbun in Japan. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 03 Nov 2019)

In 2012 she received the Fukuoka Prefecture Citizen Sports Honorary Award in Japan. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 03 Nov 2019)

In 2012 she was given the Kumamoto Nankan Town Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 03 Nov 2019)

In 2012 she was presented with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Award in Japan. (athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 03 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (jgba.jp, 12 Oct 2020)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 03 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
She has a vision impairment as the result of pigmentary degeneration of the retina. She lost the vision in her left eye in 1997, but she still has 2% vision in her right eye. (fnn.jp, 18 Feb 2020; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 29 Nov 2019; athlete.ahc-net.co.jp, 03 Nov 2019; Athlete, 03 Sep 2016)

General
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
She released her autobiography titled 'Unseen Power and Miracles' in 2013. (journal.rikunabi.com, 13 May 2015; amazon.co.jp, 08 Oct 2013)

Legend

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

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