Shinya Wada

Wada Shinya
Personal information
Nationality Japanese
Born (1977-07-09) 9 July 1977
Neyagawa , Japan
Residence Ibarak, Japan
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Athletics
Disability class T11
Club Japan Blind Marathon Association
Coached by Takashi Nakata
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Shinya Wada (born 9 July 1977) is a visually impaired Japanese long-distance runner.[1] Competing in the T11 classification, Shinya has represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he took the bronze medal in the men's 5000m T11 race. He is also a multiple World and Asian Para Games medalist, taking six medals over four tournaments.[2]

References

  1. "Wada, Shinya". paralympic.org. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Wada, Shinya". IPC. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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