TANAKA Koji

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 26 Aug 1967

Age: 54

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: NAGAHAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : NAGAHAMA

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
7	Men	2004	Athens, GRE
8	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
9	Men	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Championships
15	Men	2018	Netherlands
Asian Para Games
6	Men	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Shiga Circus [Japan] since 2000

Yoshihiro Kubo [national], JPN

He took up the sport six months after his accident in 1998. (gaido.jp, 03 Sep 2008)

He began playing able-bodied volleyball while in middle school and also competed in the sport at club level. He was encouraged to try sitting volleyball by his brother. (higashiomi.ed.jp, 10 Mar 2016; zb.ztv.ne.jp, 01 Nov 2003; gaido.jp, 03 Sep 2008)

Japanese volleyball player Yukimitsu Fujita. (zb.ztv.ne.jp, 01 Nov 2003)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (higashiomi.ed.jp, 10 Mar 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (higashiomi.ed.jp, 10 Mar 2016)

Impairment Details
His left leg was amputated below the knee following a traffic accident in 1998. (higashiomi.ed.jp, 10 Mar 2016)

General
TEAM FOUNDER
He founded the sitting volleyball team Shiga Circus in 2000. "I was moved by the way both disabled and able-bodied people played hard on the same court." (gaido.jp, 03 Sep 2008)

Legend

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

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