MIURA Hiroshi

14 Oct 1964
56
Male
PWL
TOKYO
 
Japan
TOKYO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
PWL Powerlifting Men's -49 kg 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo International Forum
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
5-49 kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA126
9-48 kg2012London, GBR117
World Championships
11-49 kg2014Dubai, UAE130.0
12-49 kg2017Mexico City, MEX116.0
12-56 kg2006Busan, KOR102.5
16-49 kg2019Nur-Sultan, KAZ125.0
Asian Para Games
4-49 kg2018Jakarta, INA121
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Peter (Facebook profile, 12 Jun 2021)
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Playing the guitar. (sankei.com, 03 May 2019)
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Athlete, Office Worker
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Japanese
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Tokyo Big Sight [Japan]
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Jon Amos [national], GBR
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2006 for Japan, World Championships in Busan, Korea (Athlete, 23 Aug 2012)
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He began powerlifting at age 41. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2012)
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He was inspired after watching the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. He began by playing wheelchair basketball in a rehabilitation institution, but he wanted to do an individual sport so he tried powerlifting. (wedge.ismedia.jp, 08 Feb 2013; Athlete, 23 Aug 2012)
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To set a personal best at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (yomiuri.co.jp, 23 Aug 2020)
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Before lifting he lies down on the bench and stretches out his arms in a circular motion while imagining how his lift is going to go. (paralympic.org, 18 Oct 2016)
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"Now or never." (parasapo.tokyo, 26 Jul 2021)
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In 2016 he was given the Sumida Sports Special Merit Award in Tokyo, Japan. (city.sumida.lg.jp, 22 Oct 2016)

In 2011 and 2012 he was named Best Athlete at the National Business Team Bench Press Championships in Japan. (wedge.ismedia.jp, 08 Feb 2013)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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