TAKASAGO Susumu

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1973

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: KAWAGUCHI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KAWAGUCHI

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
Paralympic Games
8	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
15	Men	2018	Netherlands
Asian Para Games
6	Men	2018	Jakarta, INA

Gurukun (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Chuo Gakuin University, Abiko, JPN

Languages spoken:

Team Amigo [Kawaguchi, JPN]

Yoshihiro Kubo [national], JPN

Position style:

Libero (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019 )

2002 for Japan, World Championships in Cairo, Egypt (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019 )

He took up the sport in 2000. (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019 )

He competed in volleyball at middle school and high school. When he began working at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, he was introduced to sitting volleyball by a colleague who was in contact with an official from the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019 )

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (joqr.co.jp, 11 Dec 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (joqr.co.jp, 11 Dec 2018)

Impairment Details
His left leg was amputated below the knee after he was involved in a motorbike accident at age 20. (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019; joqr.co.jp, 11 Dec 2018)

General
OCCUPATION
He began working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan after graduating from university. Part of his job involves work in the transportation bureau for the Organising Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (1242.com, 17 Jan 2019; jsad.or.jp, 30 Jul 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a director of the Japanese sitting volleyball side Team Amigo. "I wanted to make friends in my town, so I established Team Amigo, which translated to 'friend' in Spanish." (city.kawaguchi.lg.jp, 01 Mar 2020; fm856.co.jp, 03 Feb 2020; customfree.jp, 21 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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