KITADA Chihiro

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 12 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4.5

Place of birth: HASHIMOTO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KONAN

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women JPN Japan	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #04 AUS Australia 47 JPN Japan 73	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 JPN Japan 54 GBR Great Britain 48	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #18 CAN Canada 61 JPN Japan 35	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #39 JPN Japan 54 GER Germany 59	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #53 NED Netherlands 82 JPN Japan 24	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 5/6 #66 CAN Canada 68 JPN Japan 49	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN
Asian Para Games
2	Women	2018	Jakarta, INA

Reading comic books. (pref.shiga.lg.jp, 25 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Cocktail [Japan] since 2012

Hiroshi Iwano [club], JPN; Yoshiaki Iwasa [national], JPN

Position style:

Forward (pref.shiga.lg.jp, 25 Apr 2018)

She sustained an injury to her wrist at the 2020 Empress's Cup in Japan. (yahoo.co.jp, 13 Jan 2020)

She took up wheelchair basketball in 2009 with men's team Kitakyushu Adachi. (1242.com, 16 Sep 2016)

She was introduced to wheelchair basketball by a former player during an internship at a Para sports centre. (tsunahiro.com, 07 Nov 2018)

She was named Most Valuable Player four times at the All Japan Championships between 2012 and 2019. (pref.shiga.lg.jp, 25 Apr 2018; asahi.com, 27 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
4.5 (IWBF, 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (1242.com, 16 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
The impairment to her lower limbs is the result of a progressive illness called polyneuropathy, which affects functions of peripheral nerves throughout the body. (linecorp.com, 22 Jun 2021)

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
In April 2016 she moved to Australia after the Japanese team did not qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She played for the Western Stars for two seasons and returned to Japan in 2018. "I realised that I had to improve myself to contribute to the team." (websites.sportstg.com, 23 May 20217; hawkesburygazette.com.au, 27 Mar 2018; 1242.com, 16 Sep 2016; asahi.com, 27 Jan 2020)

Legend

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

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