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Yuki Kato

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Japan
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T36

Further personal information

Family
Two children
Other names
Yuki Yoshida
Languages
Japanese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up the sport in 1998 in Yokohama, Japan.
Club / Team
SRC: Japan
Name of coach
Fubuki Shioya [club], JPN

International debut

Year
2001
Competing for
Japan
Location
England

General interest

Nicknames
Yuki-Chan (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)
Hobbies
Going to concerts and the theatre. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)
Awards and honours
She received an Excellence Award at the 2011 Yokohama Sports Citation Awards in Japan. (sub.hamaspo.com, 2011)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (women.city.yokohama.jp, 20 Feb 2015)
Impairment
She has cerebral palsy. (yokohamashakyo.jp, 20 May 2008)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 3
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 4
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 5
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 6
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 4
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 3
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Heat 2 2011-01-22 3
Women's 200 m T36 Final 2011-01-23 8
Women's 100 m T36 Heat 2 2011-01-25 3
Women's 100 m T36 Final 2011-01-26 7
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Heat 2 2012-09-01 4
Women's 200 m T36 Final Round 2012-09-01 5
Women's 100 m T36 Final Round 2012-09-08 8
Women's 100 m T36 Heat 2 2012-09-08 4
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final 1 2013-07-23 5
Women's 100 m T36 Final 1 2013-07-27 6
IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T36 Final 1 2015-10-25 7
Women's 100 m T36 Final 1 2015-10-27 8