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Yuri Kitamura

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Japan
Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S6, SB5, SM6

Further personal information

Residence
Kyoto, JPN
Languages
Japanese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming at age three in Japan. She took up para-swimming after graduating from high school.
Why this sport?
She was influenced by her father. She also played wheelchair basketball, but preferred swimming.
Club / Team
Kyoto SC.: Japan
Name of coach
Fumiyo Minemura [national], JPN

General interest

Nicknames
Yurippe (IPC, 27 Nov 2009)
Awards and honours
She was given the Kyoto City Sports Award in Japan in 2015. (city.kyoto.lg.jp, 24 Dec 2015)

She was presented with a Kyoto City Sports Grand Prize in 2014. (city.kyoto.lg.jp, 22 Dec 2014)

She received a Kyoto City Sports Honorary Prize in 2008. (ameblo.jp/cpball, 29 Oct 2008)
Impairment
She had a brain tumour at age 16. An operation and radiation treatment caused a spiral cord injury, resulting in her requiring the use of a wheelchair. (patola.jp, 31 Aug 2008; kyoto-np.co.jp, 18 Nov 2008)
Other information
ASIAN GAMES CAPTAIN
She was named captain of the Japanese women's para-swimming team at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, Korea. (paraspo.info, 06 Oct 2014)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Final Round 6
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 6
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 Heats 10
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM6 Heats 9999
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Heats 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Heat 1 4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Final Round 7