IKE Yukinobu

Wheelchair Rugby

Date of Birth: 21 Jul 1980

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.0

Place of birth: KOCHI

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KOCHI

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Rugby	Mixed JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #04 JPN Japan 53 FRA France 51	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #06 JPN Japan 60 DEN Denmark 51	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Pool Phase Group A #10 AUS Australia 53 JPN Japan 57	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Semifinal #15 JPN Japan 49 GBR Great Britain 55	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Mixed - Bronze Medal #17 AUS Australia 52 JPN Japan 60	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
4	Mixed	2014	Odense, DEN

Ike, Yuki (parasapo.tokyo, 26 Nov 2019)

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Asset management [JPN] / Freedom [JPN]

Kevin Orr [national], USA

He took up the sport in 2012 at the Freedom club in Kochi, Japan. (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016; asahi.com, 11 Jan 2016)

He began paying wheelchair basketball in 2003. However, he was not selected for the national team ahead of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, so he switched to wheelchair rugby. (sponichi.co.jp, 28 Sep 2019; datazoo.jp, 28 Oct 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sponichi.co.jp, 04 Aug 2020)

Canadian coach Adam Frost. (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

Philosophy:

"For me, a tough time is like a phase of growth." (PHP Institute YouTube channel, 28 Nov 2019)

In 2016 he was given the Ryoma Prize in Kochi, Japan. (kochinews.co.jp, 03 Nov 2016)

In 2016 he was presented with the Kochi Prefecture Sports Special Honorary Award in Japan. (asahi.com, 27 Oct 2016)

In 2016 he received the Tokyo Honorary Award in Japan. (sports-tokyo.info, 12 Oct 2016)

He received the Kochi Sports Excellence Award in 2015. (kochinews.co.jp,07 Mar 2016)

He was named Best Player in the 3.0 category at the 2015 National Championship in Japan. (wakuwaku-works.com, 21 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
3.0 (IWRF, 01 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

Impairment Details
His left leg was amputated after he was involved in a traffic accident at age 19, while his left hand was also seriously injured. Three of his friends died in the incident. (nhk.or.jp, 26 Dec 2019, 07 Oct 2015; Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
In November 2018 he moved to the United States of America, where he played for the Lakeshore Demolition wheelchair rugby team for about six months. "I wanted to go back to basics and to concentrate on the sport [after winning gold with Japan at the 2018 World Championship in Sydney, NSW, Australia]." (nikkoam.com, 10 Aug 2019; sports.smt.docomo.ne.jp, 28 Jan 2019; parasapo.tokyo, 07 Nov 2018; news.yahoo.co.jp, 25 Oct 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/yukinobu.ike
Athlete Website: https://www.nikkoam.com/sp/ike#scene-01a

Legend

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

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