is a Japanese

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand ...

player who won a gold medal at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. Her visual impairment is congenital. She started playing goalball during the first year of junior high school.

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Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Gifu Prefecture People from Nakatsugawa, Gifu 1990 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic goalball players of Japan Female goalball players Paralympic medalists in goalball 21st-century Japanese women {{Goalball-bio-stub