TANAKA Manami

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 10 Jun 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: KUMAMOTO

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : TOKOROZAWA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Women's Singles	9
	Women's Doubles JPN Takamuro / Tanaka	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
6th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Women's Singles Second Round GBR WHILEY JWHILEY Jordanne Sport Class: WT 6 6 JPN TANAKA MTANAKA Manami Sport Class: WT 1 0	Finished
2nd on Court 1	Ariake Tennis Park Court 1	Women's Doubles Quarterfinal CHN Wang / Zhu 6 6 JPN Takamuro / Tanaka 2 1	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Women's Singles First Round JPN TANAKA MTANAKA Manami Sport Class: WT 6 6 MAR AWANE NAWANE Najwa Sport Class: WT 2 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Para Games
RU	Doubles	2018	Jakarta, INA
R16	Singles	2018	Jakarta, INA

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Bridgestone [Japan]

Kosaku Iwano [club], JPN; Yoshihiro Nakazawa [national], JPN

Right (city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp, 10 Nov 2019)

2016 for Japan (paraspoplus.com, 17 Jan 2019)

She took up the sport in grade 11 of high school. (yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Mar 2019)

She had played able-bodied tennis at high school. After her accident, she wanted to continue the sport, and found wheelchair tennis at her rehabilitation centre. "After the accident, I asked my teacher, Hiroki Nakajima, from the tennis team in high school to allow me to stay with the team, and he told me to come back as a player. Therefore I decided to begin the sport." (bridgestone.co.jp, 15 Apr 2016; yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Mar 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games. (bridgestone.co.jp, 19 Apr 2017)

Japanese wheelchair tennis players Yui Kamiji and Miho Nijo. (yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Mar 2019)

High school teacher Hiroki Nakajima. (yomiuri.co.jp, 05 Mar 2019)

General Interest

Classification
Open (ITF, 01 Jul 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (news.1242.com, 12 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (bridgestone.co.jp, 15 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
She has paraplegia as the result of breaking the lumbar vertebrae in her spinal cord after she fell down the stairs of her apartment when she was a high school student. (bridgestone.co.jp, 15 Apr 2016; news.1242.com, 12 Jul 2016)

General
GAME CHARACTER
She was featured as one of nine characters in Paralympic Games video game 'The Pegasus Dream Tour'. (4gamer.net, 17 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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