ZAIMA Izumi

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 4 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: HOFU

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TSUKUBA

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

Izu (Instagram profile, 09 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Tsukuba International University , Tsuchiura, JPN

Languages spoken:

Scratch [Japan]

Shingo Fujii [club], JPN; Yoshiaki Iwasa [national], JPN

Position style:

Guard (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

2014 for Japan, World Championships in Toronto, Canada (basketballking.jp, 01 Mar 2021)

She took up the sport with the men's team Yamaguchi Oceans in grade eight of middle school. (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

She played mini-basketball in grade four of primary school after being influenced by her older sister. She was inspired to try wheelchair basketball after reading the comic book 'Real' that was given to her by her mother. (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019; basketballking.jp, 01 Mar 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

Coach Kaori Tachibana. (basketballking.jp, 01 Mar 2021)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (IWBF, 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with scoliosis which put pressure on her lungs. She underwent surgery to alleviate the condition but it resulted in a spinal cord injury. She began using a wheelchair at age 11. (asahi.com, 03 Jan 2020; paraspoplus.com, 27 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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