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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1989 Kumamoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Takumi Uegaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uchu Tomita (born 28 February 1989) is a Japanese Paralympic swimmer who represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Tomita represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won silver medals in the 100 metre butterfly S11 and 400 metre freestyle S11 events, and a bronze medal in the 200 metre individual medley SM11 event. [2]
Marie-Amélie Le Fur she is a French Paralympic athlete from Vendôme, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004. Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion. As of 2023, Le Fur is the President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
S11, SB11, SM11 are disability swimming classifications for blind swimmers.
Bradley Warren Snyder is an American professional swimmer on the United States Paralympic team who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Snyder won two Gold medals and one Silver at London, three Gold and one Silver at Rio, and one gold medal at Tokyo. He lost his eyesight from an IED explosion while serving in the United States Navy in Afghanistan. Among fully blind swimmers, he is the current world record holder for the 100-meter freestyle events.
Liesette Bruinsma is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S11 classification events for athletes with visual impairments. She is the 2016 double Paralympic champion within her classification. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 400 metre freestyle S11, and Women's 100 metre freestyle S11, winning two silver medals.
Wojciech Makowski is a Polish Paralympic swimmer. He represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Marion Nijhof is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification swimming events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. In total she won one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Damian Michał Pietrasik is a visually impaired Polish Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification events. He represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Ntando Mahlangu is a South African Paralympic athlete. He won the gold medal in both the men's long jump T63 and men's 200 metres T61 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Mateus Evangelista Cardoso is a Brazilian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes in several T37-classification athletics events. He represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's long jump T37 event. In 2021, he won one the bronze medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Tom Habscheid is a Paralympic athlete from Luxembourg. He is a two-time silver medalist at the World Para Athletics Championships and a six-time medalist at the World Para Athletics European Championships.
Kirralee Hayes is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. There were 539 medal events.
Anastasia Pagonis is an American Paralympic swimmer. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is a world record and American record holder within the sport.
Rogier Dorsman is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Ma Jia is a Chinese para swimmer.
Mykhailo Serbin is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Wang Xinyi is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. She represented China at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
The Men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 28 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The men's 50 metre freestyle S11 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 27 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
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