SHIMAKAWA Shinichi

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Mixed	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Mixed	2012	London, GBR
7	Mixed	2008	Beijing, CHN
7	Mixed	2004	Athens, GRE
World Championships
1	Mixed	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Mixed	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN
4	Mixed	2014	Odense, DEN
5	Mixed	2006	Christchurch, NZL

Shin (Facebook profile, 24 Nov 2018)

Office Worker

Two daughters

Japanese

Barclays [JPN] / BLITZ [JPN] since 2005 [BLITZ]

Kevin Orr [national], USA

He injured his right hand after he caught his fingers in another player's wheelchair at the 2010 Japan National Championship. (wedge.ismedia.jp, 18 Dec 2014)

He began playing wheelchair rugby in 1999. (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

One of his friends introduced him to the sport. (Athlete, 04 Sep 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (2020.yahoo.co.jp, 11 Mar 2020; tr-career.com, 15 Oct 2019)

He does weight training with a personal trainer three days a week, and trains with his team at the weekend. (tr-career.com, 15 Oct 2019)

He was named Best 3.0 Class Player at the national championship in Japan in 2000, 2001, 2017, and 2018. (mitsuifudosan.co.jp, 10 Jan 2018; city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp, 21 Nov 2015)

In 2016 he received the Saitama Prefecture Athletics President's Special Award and the Sainokuni Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (pref.saitama.lg.jp, 01 Dec 2016)

In 2016 he was given the Nagasu Town Achievement Honorary Citation Award in Japan. (town.nagasu.lg.jp, 01 Dec 2016)

In 2015 he received the Tokorozawa Sports Excellence Award in Japan. (city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp, 24 Feb 2016)

He was named Best 3.0 Class Player at the 2006 World Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. (melrosewheelchairs.com, 2010)