FURUKAWA Kanami

Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 11

Place of birth: FUKUOKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : FUKUOKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles - Class 11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 11 Group B #4 JPN FURUKAWA KFURUKAWA Kanami Sport Class: 11 3 UKR KOSMINA NKOSMINA Natalya Sport Class: 11 1	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 11 Group B #8 FRA FERNEY LFERNEY Lea Sport Class: 11 3 JPN FURUKAWA KFURUKAWA Kanami Sport Class: 11 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 11 Group B #12 HKG WONG TTWONG Ting Ting Sport Class: 11 1 JPN FURUKAWA KFURUKAWA Kanami Sport Class: 11 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
3	Singles - Class 11	2018	Lasko, SLO
4	Team - Class 11	2017	Bratislava, SVK

Kana (parasapo.tokyo, 25 Nov 2020)

Watching movies. (sponichi.co.jp, 06 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Factory Worker

Languages spoken:

Hakata Table Tennis Club [Shingu, JPN]

Keita Iho [club], JPN; Satoshi Kawahara [national], JPN

Right (jttf-fid.org, 2020)

2015 for Japan (tokyo2020.org, 24 Feb 2021)

She began playing table tennis in middle school. (bs-asahi.co.jp, 22 Jun 2019)

She was invited to join a club by a friend. (bs-asahi.co.jp, 22 Jun 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 11 Apr 2021; fujitv.co.jp, 01 Aug 2020)

In the lead-up to the 2020 Paralympic Games she was often training for more than 10 hours a day. (tokyo2020.org, 24 Feb 2021)

Her mother. (bs-asahi.co.jp, 22 Jun 2019)

She likes to put make-up on before a competition. (fujitv.co.jp, 01 Aug 2020)

Philosophy:

"Don't give up. Enjoy the match. Concentrate on yourself." (tokyo2020.org, 24 Feb 2021)

General Interest

Classification
TT11 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (jttf-fid.org, 01 Jul 2020; ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with autism in the fourth grade of primary school. (bs-asahi.co.jp, 22 Jun 2019)

General
DANCE TRAINING
She used dance moves to help her learn the tomahawk serve technique. "When I was struggling to remember this skill, my coach told me to move my body like I was dancing to music, particularly a song called 'Choo Choo Train' by Japanese boy band Exile." (fujitv.co.jp, 01 Aug 2020; sponichi.co.jp, 06 Jul 2020)

Milestones

She became the first Japanese Para table tennis player to win a medal in the TT11 singles event at the world championships, when she claimed bronze at the 2018 edition of the tournament in Lasko, Slovenia. (fujitv.co.jp, 01 Aug 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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