NISHIIE Michiyo

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1967

Age: 54

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of residence : SHISO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #01 JPN Japan 0 ITA Italy 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #06 JPN Japan 0 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool A #12 CAN Canada 3 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's 7-8 Classification #13 JPN Japan 0 RWA Rwanda 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
7	Women	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
9	Women	2014	Elblag, POL
10	Women	2018	Netherlands
Asian Para Games
3	Women	2018	Jakarta, INA

Yang (michiyonishiie.web.fc2.com, 17 Feb 2020)

Painting her nails. (Instagram profile, 18 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

SOUL [Shiso, JPN] since 2011

Yoshihisa Mano [national], JPN

Position style:

2010 for Japan, World Championships in Edmond, OK, United States (Athlete, 27 Aug 2012)

She began playing sitting volleyball in 2009. (capjt.com, 29 Mar 2019; Athlete, 27 Aug 2012)

She played volleyball before her impairment and wanted to continue with the sport. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (capjt.com, 29 Mar 2019; city.shiso.lg.jp, 15 Mar 2019)

Philosophy:

"Sitting volleyball is a hope that makes me live." (taishi.hyogo.jp, Aug 2012)

In 2014 she received the Hyogo Prefecture Excellent Athlete Award in Japan. (hyogo-c.ed.jp, 13 Feb 2015)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (taishi.hyogo.jp, 01 Aug 2012)

Impairment Details
The impairment to her left leg is a result of an anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] injury to her knee. She sustained the injury during a volleyball match in 2003. (capjt.com, 29 Mar 2019; iza.ne.jp, 25 Jan 2016; michiyonishiie.web.fc2.com, 19 Nov 2014; taishi.hyogo.jp, 01 Aug 2012)

General
CLUB
In 2011 she founded the sitting volleyball team at SOUL in Japan. She had previously been involved with the able-bodied volleyball team at the club. (michiyonishiie.web.fc2.com, 15 Feb 2017)

COMIC BOOK
In 2012 Japanese comic book writer Kaoru Ashida based the comic story 'To A Place with Sunshine' on her life. (michiyonishiie.web.fc2.com, 19 Nov 2014)

Social Media

Athlete Blog: http://michiyonishiie.blog.fc2.com/
https://www.facebook.com/michiyo.nishiie
https://instagram.com/michiyonishiie/
Athlete Website: http://michiyonishiie.web.fc2.com/

Legend

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

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