Yuriko Fujii

Yuriko Fujii is a Japanese boccia player. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the mixed pairs BC1-2 boccia event and a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the mixed team BC1-2 boccia event.[1]

Career

Fujii and her teammates Takayuki Hirose, Takayuki Kitani, and Hidetaka Sugimura helped secure Japan's first ever silver medal in Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2][3] The following Paralympic Games, Fujii, Hirose, and Takumi Nakamura won a bronze medal in the mixed team BC1-2 boccia event.[4] Fujii won another bronze medal the following year at the 2022 Boccia World Championships.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Yuriko Fujii". Paralympics. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Japan boccia squad claims silver medal in Rio". Japan Times. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Japan clinches first medal in boccia at Rio Paralympics". Mainichi Shimbun. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from boccia". Paralympics. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  5. ^ "14 countries medaled in the individual matches of the Rio de Janeiro 2022 World Boccia Championships". rio2022boccia.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2023.


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