UJIRO Hajime

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	-75 kg	2012	London, GBR	180
8	-67.5 kg	2004	Athens, GRE	147.5
World Championships
7	-80 kg	2014	Dubai, UAE	182.0
8	-67.5 kg	2006	Busan, KOR	152.5
10	-80 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	181.0
11	-80 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	172.0
Asian Para Games
7	-80 kg	2018	Jakarta, INA	147

Ujiro (parasapo.tokyo, 01 Feb 2021)

Athlete, University Staff

Law - Aichi Gakuin University, Japan

Japanese

Juntendo University [Tokyo, JPN]

Jon Amos [national], GBR

He injured his right elbow at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia. (pref.chiba.lg.jp, 02 Feb 2019)

In July 2016 he had surgery on his left elbow. He returned to competition in 2017. (sportrait-web.com, 05 Mar 2018; jppf.jp, 05 Jun 2017)

He took up the sport in 1999. (jppf.jp, 05 Jun 2017)

He was inspired to begin powerlifting after reading about a person who overcame a physical impairment to compete at an elite level in sport. However, there were no competitions for Para powerlifters in Japan so he competed at able-bodied powerlifting tournaments until 2000, when the first Para powerlifting competition was launched. (ninomiyasports.com, 11 Feb 2018; Athlete, 23 Aug 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (jppf.jp, 05 Jun 2017)

Finishing seventh in the 75kg category at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (tokyo2020.org, 06 Dec 2017)

"Equality." (tokyo2020.org, 06 Dec 2017)

In January 2011 he received the Aichi Prefecture Para Athlete Citation Award in Japan. (pref.aichi.jp, 27 Jan 2011)