Tomoki Sato (佐藤 友祈, Satō Tomoki, born 8 September 1989 in Fujieda, Shizuoka[1]) is a Japanese Paralympic athlete.[2] He won the silver medal in both the men's 400 metres T52 and men's 1500 metres T52 events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Born | Fujieda, Shizuoka | 8 September 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | Red Velvet Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Arno Mul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2015, he won the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T52 event at the IPC Athletics World Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 1500 metres T52 event.
He won the gold medal in the men's 400 metres T52 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3] He also won the gold medal in the men's 1500 metres T52 event.
References
edit- ^ "プロフィール | 佐藤友祈オフィシャルウェブサイト (Profile | Sato Tomoki Official Website)". www.prierone.info (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Tomoki Sato". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Men's 400 metres T52" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links
edit- Tomoki Satō at Paralympic.org
- Tomoki Satō at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)