MARUO Atsuko

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1974

Age: 47

Gender: Female

Sport Class: PTVI2

Place of birth: ENIWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : ITAMI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Triathlon	Women's PTVI	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Women's PTVI	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
9	PT5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:22:46
World Championships
7	PTVI	2017	Rotterdam, NED	1:24:13
7	PT5	2016	Rotterdam, NED	1:23:04
8	PTVI	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:19:04
9	PTVI	2019	Lausanne, SUI	1:28:02
9	PT5	2014	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:27:25
10	PT5	2015	Chicago, IL, USA	1:21:56

Previous names:

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Husband Tomohiko Maruo

Languages spoken:

Gunze Sports [Japan]

Masamitsu Tomikawa [national], JPN; Hideko Kikuchi [personal], JPN

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Tomohiko Maruo was part of the Japan Para ice hockey team that won silver at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Aug 2021; Livedoor blog profile, 14 Feb 2017)

2012 for Japan, in Yokohama, Japan (jtu.or.jp, 02 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport in 2011 and began competing in 2012. (jtu.or.jp, 02 Aug 2016; eye-love-tri.com, 15 Jul 2016)

She competed in marathon before her coach encouraged her to take up Para triathlon. She also liked trying different sports. (Athlete, 05 Sep 2016; eye-love-tri.com, 15 Jul 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Hokkaido Sports Support Channel YouTube channel, 31 May 2021)

Japanese triathlete Kiyomi Niwata. (Athlete, 05 Sep 2016)

In 2016 she received the Hyogo Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (hta.gr.jp, 10 Feb 2017)

General Interest

Classification
PTVI (World Triathlon, 25 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (eye-love-tri.com, 15 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (eye-love-tri.com, 15 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with congenital cataracts at birth. She lost the vision in her left eye and has low vision in her right eye. (Hokkaido Sports Support Channel YouTube channel, 31 May 2021)

Guide
Hideko Kikuchi (eye-love-tri.com, 08 Jun 2021; lumina-magazine.com, 11 Aug 2021)

Social Media

Athlete Blog: http://blog.livedoor.jp/atsuko0410
https://www.facebook.com/atsuko.yamada.71
https://twitter.com/aco_atsuko
Athlete Website: http://eye-love-tri.com/

Legend

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

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