SASAKI Daisuke

Japan

Shooting

Date of Birth: 3 Jun 1972

Age: 49

Gender: Male

Sport Class: SH1

Place of birth: HIROSHIMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	28

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
23	R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	629.7
47	R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	608.0
Asian Para Games
16	R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1	2018	Jakarta, INA	625.0

Hobbies:

Spending time with his dog. (Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Education:

Education, Psychology - Meisei University, Hino, JPN

Family:

Two sons

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Morgan Stanley [Japan]

Coach:

Katsura Isaka [national], JPN

Hand:

Right (mxtv.jp, 27 Oct 2018)

Other sports:

He has competed in Para swimming at national level in Japan. (ebook260.wixsite.com, 18 Jul 2018)

Debut:

2017 for Japan, World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand (ebook260.wixsite.com, 18 Jul 2018)

Start:

He took up shooting Para sport in 2014, and began competing in 2016. (mxtv.jp, 27 Oct 2018; sports-news.jp, 08 May 2018)

Reason:

He used to compete in Para swimming but had to quit the sport after injuring his shoulder at age 41. He still had ambitions to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, so he decided to get involved in shooting Para sport. (ebook260.wixsite.com, 18 Jul 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ebook260.wixsite.com, 18 Jul 2018)

General Interest

Classification
SH1 (IPC, 24 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (daisuke.website, 09 Feb 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (daisuke.website, 09 Feb 2017)

Impairment Details
He damaged the T9 vertebra in his spine in a traffic accident in 2009, which resulted in paralysis from the chest down. (daisuke.website, 09 Feb 2017)

General
OCCUPATION
He was a primary school teacher before he was involved in a traffic accident in 2009. He has since become a picture book author. (ebook260.wixsite.com, 18 Jul 2018; daisuke.website, 17 Oct 2018; tv-tokyo.co.jp, 02 Jun 2012)

Social Media

Legend

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

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos