YAMAGUCHI Ryoga

Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: NODA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TORIDE

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

Health and Welfare Studies - Toyo University , Japan

Languages spoken:

Tokorozawa Thunders [Japan]

Rikiya Kudo [national], JPN

Position style:

Right wing (jgba.jp, 30 Apr 2021)

He took up the sport in grade 10 of high school. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

He originally played baseball while in middle school. Afterwards, he joined a goalball team as his extracurricular activity after entering a school for the visually impaired. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (toyo.ac.jp, 15 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (jgba.jp, 30 Apr 2021; isas.ibsasport.org, 2021)

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

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy [LHON] that resulted in losing most of the vision in both his eyes in grade eight of middle school. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Aug 2020; edu.pref.ibaraki.jp, 14 Jan 2020)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/goalball2020

Legend

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

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