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Hiroshi Hosokawa

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S7, SB6, SM7

Further personal information

Family
Three children
Residence
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began the sport at age seven at a local swimming school.
Why this sport?
He was influenced by his father.
Name of coach
Fumiyo Minemura [national], JPN

International debut

Year
1998
Location
Bangkok, THA

General interest

Hero / Idol
Japanese swimmer Daichi Suzuki. (Athlete, 01 Jan 2013)
Awards and honours
In May 2011 he received the Kihoku Town Sports award in Japan. (town.mie-kihoku.lg.jp, 01 May 2011)
Impairment
The impairment to his lower limbs is the result of a car accident in 1993. (araiss.swim.sc, 10 Oct 2004)