TSUJIUCHI Ayano

Date of Birth: 5 Oct 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SB13,S13

Place of birth: TOKYO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKYO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13	7
	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13	8
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB13
	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB13 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
3	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2019	London, GBR	1:19.85
4	100m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	1:00.29
5	50m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	27.95
7	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points	2019	London, GBR	4:16.90
8	400m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	4:52.32
Asian Para Games
3	50m Freestyle - S13	2018	Jakarta, INA	28.25
3	100m Freestyle - S13	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:01.39
3	400m Freestyle - S13	2018	Jakarta, INA	4:57.60
3	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2018	Jakarta, INA	2:42.19
4	100m Backstroke - S13	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:11.52
4	100m Breaststroke - SB13	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:22.91

Going to amusement parks, reading comics, listening to music. (city.edogawa.tokyo.jp, 02 Mar 2019)

Occupation:

Ryotokuji University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Mitsubishi Corporation [Tokyo, JPN]

Takumi Uegaki [national], JPN; Hiroshi Saito [personal], JPN, from 2009

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Kaho Tsujiuchi has competed in able-bodied swimming at university level in Japan. (parasapo.tokyo, 21 Dec 2019; Japan Women's College of Physical Education Ameba profile, 24 Feb 2020)

2018 for Japan (nikkansports.com, 02 Dec 2018)

She began swimming in grade three at primary school. She took up Para swimming in 2017. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019; city.edogawa.tokyo.jp, 02 Mar 2019)

Her father was a swimming coach and encouraged her to try the sport. She stopped swimming competitively after starting university due to injuries, before she was introduced to Para swimming by Japanese Para swimmer Yuki Morishita. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019; city.edogawa.tokyo.jp, 02 Mar 2019; fujingaho.jp, 06 Jun 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sponichi.co.jp, 07 Feb 2020)

Her mother Nobuko, her sister Kaho, Japanese swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara, Japanese freestyle wrestler Saori Yoshida. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019; sponichi.co.jp, 07 Feb 2020)

Japanese swimmer Tomoko Hagiwara, and her parents. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Those who enjoy life win." (sponichi.co.jp, 07 Feb 2020; fujingaho.jp, 06 Jun 2020)

In 2019 she received the Edogawa Sports Honorary Award in Japan. (city.edogawa.tokyo.jp, 10 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
S13, SB13, SM13 (IPC, 01 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
She has macular dystrophy, a progressive visual impairment. She was diagnosed with the condition during her first year at university. (Athlete, 11 Sep 2019; nikkansports.com, 02 Mar 2019; city.edogawa.tokyo.jp, 31 Jan 2019)

General
HOME BUSINESS
She runs an online store selling products she has designed, including smartphone cases, bags and t-shirts. (suzuri.jp, Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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