Haruka Wakasugi
Appearance
![]() Wakasugi after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ōme,[1] Tokyo, Japan | 23 August 1995||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Rikkyo University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B1[3] (formerly Chuck's[4]) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Haruka Wakasugi (若杉 遥, Wakasugi Haruka, born 23 August 1995[4]) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[5]
She was 13 years old when she developed fibrous dysplasia which led to vision loss.[1] She began playing goalball in 2010 at age 15.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "若杉 遥" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Sport Council. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wakasugi Haruka". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Goalball Women Quarterfinal Start List" (PDF). 2016 Summer Paralympics. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List" (PDF). 2012 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Haruka Wakasugi". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
Categories:
- Paralympic gold medalists for Japan
- Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Tokyo
- People from Ōme, Tokyo
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic goalball players for Japan
- Female goalball players
- Rikkyo University alumni
- Paralympic medalists in goalball
- Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Japanese Paralympic medalist stubs
- Goalball biography stubs