is a
paralympic athlete
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
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from
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Shigeki competed in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Paralympics in
1996
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,
2000
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and
2004
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Events January
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, however he only won one medal and that was a silver medal as part of the Japanese 4 × 100 m relay team in 2000.
profile on paralympic.org
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References
Paralympic athletes for Japan
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Japan
Living people
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Japanese male sprinters
Visually impaired sprinters
Paralympic sprinters
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