Kenya Karasawa
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Japanese Paralympic athlete (born 1994)
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994年07月03日) 3 July 1994 (age 31) Shibukawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gunma Prefectural Braille Library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kazuaki Hoshino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenya Karasawa (唐澤 剣也, Karasawa Kenya, born 3 July 1994 in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture) is a visually impaired Japanese Paralympic long-distance runner. He represented Japan at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1] [2]
Career
[edit ]Karasawa represented Japan in the 5000 m T11 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[2]
Personal life
[edit ]Karasawa was born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Domestically, he competes for the Subaru Track and Field Team.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Kenya Karasawa". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Kenya Karasawa". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "唐澤 剣也, KENYA KARASAWA". Subaru (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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