SAGANE Nozomu

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 28 Oct 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: IZUMI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : IZUMI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Men JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #01 JPN Japan 0 RPC RPC 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #06 JPN Japan 0 EGY Egypt 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #12 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 3 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's 7-8 Classification #13 JPN Japan 0 CHN China 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
15	Men	2018	Netherlands
Asian Para Games
6	Men	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Health and Welfare Studies - St. Andrew's University, Izumi, JPN

One child [2020]

Languages spoken:

Osaka Attackers [Japan] since 2009

Yoshihiro Kubo [national], JPN

He took up the sport seriously in 2009. (kit-press.com, 21 May 2016)

He was invited to join the Osaka Attackers club by his mother's friend, but he was shy about taking off his prosthetic legs in front of other people. Later, he began feeling more confident about his impairment and was encouraged to get involved in the sport again by his professor at university. (yamataki-j.kishiwada.ed.jp, 12 Jul 2019; Spiritual TV YouTube channel, 22 Aug 2016; kit-press.com, 21 May 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sankei.comm, 17 Aug 2021)

He was given the Fighting Spirit Award at the 2009 National Championships in Japan. (jsva.info, 20 Dec 2009)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (kit-press.com, 21 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (kit-press.com, 21 May 2016)

Impairment Details
His left leg was amputated below the knee at birth, while his right leg was amputated above the knee. He was also born with an impairment to his right hand and the absence of one finger on his left hand. (nhk.or.jp, 30 Mar 2019; Spiritual TV YouTube channel, 22 Aug 2016; kit-press.com, 21 May 2016)

General
OCCUPATION
He is a public servant at the Izumi City Office in Japan, where he is in charge of city promotion and home tax payments. (community2525.net, 27 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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