WAKASUGI Haruka

Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: TOKYO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKOROZAWA

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
World Championships
4	Women	2014	Espoo, FIN
Asian Para Games
1	Women	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Social Work Studies - Rikkyo University , Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Musashizuku [Saitama, JPN]

Kyoichi Ichikawa [national], JPN

Position style:

Left wing (jgba.jp, 30 Apr 2021)

She began the sport in 2010 at age 15. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

"I was invited to a goalball training session by my physical education teacher." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016; parasapo.tokyo, 20 Aug 2020)

Japanese goalball player Akiko Adachi. (Athlete, 03 Sep 2016)

Philosophy:

"Challenging every moment." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

In July 2021 she carried the Paralympic torch during the relay ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook profile, 12 Jul 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2019 National Championships. (fpp.jp, 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (jsad.or.jp, Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (parasapo.tokyo, 20 Aug 2020)

Impairment Details
She lost most of her vision at age 13 after she was diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia in the bones around the eye sockets, (parasapo.tokyo, 20 Aug 2020; tokyo-sports.co.jp, 24 Jan 2021)

Milestones

She was a member of the team that became the first team from Japan to win gold in goalball at the Paralympic Games following their victory at the 2012 edition in London. (tokyo-sports.co.jp, 24 Jan 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 14 Aug 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/haruka.wakasugi.56

Legend

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

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