SAKURAI Anri

Japan
Wheelchair Fencing
15 Nov 1988
32
Female
B
KYOTO
 
Japan
LONDON
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WFE Wheelchair Fencing Women's Foil Individual - Category B 11
Women's Épée Individual - Category B 6
Women's Épée Team
JPN
Japan
 DNS

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#3
CHN
ZHOU JZHOU Jingjing
 Sport Class: B
3
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#4
USA
HAYES THAYES Terry
 Sport Class: B
3
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#9
RPC
BOYKOVA VBOYKOVA Viktoria
 Sport Class: B
5
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
3
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 1
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#10
POL
HAREZA PHAREZA Patrycja
 Sport Class: B
2
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 2
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#17
HKG
CHUNG YPCHUNG Yuen Ping
 Sport Class: B
1
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Final 2
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 1
#18
BLR
MAKRYTSKAYA AMAKRYTSKAYA Alesia
 Sport Class: B
5
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
2
Finished
Makuhari Messe B Piste Blue 1
Women's Épée Individual - Category B Quarterfinal
#53
RPC
BOYKOVA VBOYKOVA Viktoria
 Sport Class: B
15
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe B Piste Red 1 & 2
Women's Épée Team Preliminary Pool 2
#12
POL
Poland
 
JPN
Japan
 
Cancelled
Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#22
USA
GEDDES EGEDDES Ellen
 Sport Class: B
5
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
2
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#23
CHN
ZHOU JZHOU Jingjing
 Sport Class: B
5
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
3
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#25
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
HUN
MEZO BMEZO Boglarka
 Sport Class: B
4
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 1
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#26
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
1
BLR
MAKRYTSKAYA AMAKRYTSKAYA Alesia
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 2
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#40
RPC
MISHUROVA IMISHUROVA Irina
 Sport Class: B
5
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
1
Finished
Followed By 		Makuhari Messe B Piste Green 2
Women's Foil Individual - Category B Preliminary Pool 2
#41
GER
TAUBER STAUBER Sylvi
 Sport Class: B
4
JPN
SAKURAI ASAKURAI Anri
 Sport Class: B
5
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
6Epee Individual - Category B2017Rome, ITA
9Foil Individual - Category B2017Rome, ITA
11Foil Individual - Category B2019Cheongju, KOR
12Epee Individual - Category B2019Cheongju, KOR
21Epee Individual - Category B2015Eger, HUN
21Foil Individual - Category B2015Eger, HUN
Asian Para Games
4Epee Team2018Jakarta, INA
4Foil Team2018Jakarta, INA
4Epee Individual - Category B2018Jakarta, INA
4Foil Individual - Category B2018Jakarta, INA
4Sabre Individual - Category B2018Jakarta, INA
:
Athlete, Office Worker
:
English, Japanese
:
Hisaka Works [Japan]
:
Kenichi Yamamoto [personal], JPN, from 2018
:
Right (wheelchairfencing1henry.wordpress.com, 07 Apr 2020; sports.nhk.or.jp, 06 Jan 2020)
:
She damaged a ligament in her right arm at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. The injury continued to trouble her throughout 2019, and in March 2020 she began a course of adipose stem cell transplantation and platelet-rich plasma [PRP] therapy treatment. (wheelchairfencing1henry.wordpress.com, 07 Apr 2020; sports.nhk.or.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

She was hospitalised between December 2017 and April 2018 after undergoing surgery for a spinal infection. She returned to competitive action in May 2018. (parasapo.tokyo, 12 Mar 2017)
:
She took up the sport in 2014. (jiji.com, 28 Feb 2020)
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She was originally involved in Para surfing in the summer months and sit skiing in the winter months, but she wanted a sport that she could practise all year round. She decided to focus on wheelchair fencing after meeting Kanoko Harada, secretary general of the Japan Wheelchair Fencing Association, at an outdoor shop where she worked as a shop assistant. (parasapo.tokyo, 28 Oct 2020; Nippon Challenged Athlete YouTube channel, 27 May 2016)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (wheelchairfencing1henry.wordpress.com, 07 Apr 2020)
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Coach Kenichi Yamamoto. (sports.nhk.or.jp, 06 Jan 2020)
:
"It's all about the journey, not the outcome." (Instagram profile, 21 Apr 2021)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
DNS:
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