MINAKAWA Tetsuo

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 4 Apr 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: MITO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : MITO

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

Occupation:

Yokohama College of Commerce, Japan

One child [2018]

Languages spoken:

Chiba Pirates [Japan]

Yoshihiro Kubo [national], JPN

He had played able-bodied volleyball before his accident, so he decided to get involved in sitting volleyball. (blog.canpan.info, 18 Nov 2015)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (blog.canpan.info, 18 Nov 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (blog.canpan.info, 18 Nov 2015)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated after he was involved in a motorbike accident at age 16. (blog.canpan.info, 18 Nov 2015; sankei.com, 28 Jun 2014)

General
BUSINESS
In 2020 he founded the nursing agency Minnanoegao in Mito, Japan. (sogno.mobi, 01 Jan 2020; jsad.or.jp, 30 Jul 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003169923010

Legend

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

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