Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Japan at the
2010 Winter Paralympics
Japan at the; 2010 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Vancouver
Competitors	42 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Takayuki Endo
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 11
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan sent 42 competitors to compete in all five disciplines at the 2010 Winter Paralympics^[2] in Vancouver.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yoshihiro Nitta	Cross country skiing	Men's 10 km classic, standing	18 March
Gold	Akira Kano	Alpine skiing	Men's Super-G, sitting	20 March
Gold	Yoshihiro Nitta	Cross country skiing	Men's 1 km sprint classic, standing	21 March
Silver	Taiki Morii	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill, sitting	13 March
Silver	Mikio Annaka Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Naohiko Ishida Noritaka Ito Makoto Majima Tomohiko Maruo Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Toshiyuki Nakamura Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke Uehara Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa	Ice hockey	Tournaments	20 March
Silver	Shoko Ota	Cross country skiing	Women's 1 km sprint classic, standing	21 March
Bronze	Akira Kano	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill, sitting	13 March
Bronze	Kuniko Obinata	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, sitting	15 March
Bronze	Kuniko Obinata	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom, sitting	17 March
Bronze	Takeshi Suzuki	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom, sitting	17 March
Bronze	Taiki Morii	Alpine skiing	Men's Super-G, sitting	20 March

Alpine skiing[]

Akira Kano Men's Super-G, sitting
Taiki Morii Men's Downhill, sitting
Taiki Morii Men's Super-G, sitting
Akira Kano Men's Downhill, sitting
Takeshi Suzuki Men's Giant Slalom, sitting
Kuniko Obinata Women's Giant Slalom, sitting
Kuniko Obinata Women's Slalom, sitting

Biathlon[]

Cross-country skiing[]

Yoshihiro Nitta Men's 1 km Sprint, standing
Yoshihiro Nitta Men's 10 km Sprint, standing
Shoko Ota Women's 1 km Sprint, standing

Ice sledge hockey[]

Japan competed in ice sledge hockey. They finished the qualification rounds with a score of 2-1, and qualified for the semi-finals, where they defeated team Canada advancing to the finals where they faced Team America. In the finals they lost, scoring no goals winning a silver medal.^[3]

Squad list	Group stage (Pool A) ^[4]		Semifinal	Final
Squad list	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Mikio Annaka Takayuki Endo Shinobu Fukushima Naohiko Ishida Noritaka Ito Makoto Majima Tomohiko Maruo Eiji Misawa Mitsuru Nagase Toshiyuki Nakamura Satoru Sudo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke Uehara Atsuya Yaguchi Mamoru Yoshikawa	Czech Republic W 2–1	2 Q	Canada W 3–1	United States L 0-2
	South Korea W 5–0
	United States L 0–6

Wheelchair curling[]

Japan competed in wheelchair curling.^[3]

References[]

^ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010.
^ Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
^ ^a ^b "Paralympic Schedule and Results" Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2010 Paralympics
^ "Ice Sledge Hockey Schedule and Results". Vancouver 2010 official website. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

External links[]

[1] "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2010.

[athletes-2] Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

[Paralympic_Schedule_and_Results-3] "Paralympic Schedule and Results" Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2010 Paralympics

[4] "Ice Sledge Hockey Schedule and Results". Vancouver 2010 official website. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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