Yuma Yamazaki

Yuma Yamazaki

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1988-04-08) 8 April 1988 (age 33) Kokubunji, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Para-badminton
Disability class	WH2
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 0 0 2 Asian Para Games 0 0 2 Para-badminton Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles 2020 Tokyo Women's singles World Championships 2017 Ulsan Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Women's singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles

Yuma Yamazaki (born 8 April 1988) is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. She won a gold medal in Women's doubles WH1–WH2, and a bronze medal in Women's singles WH2, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[1][2]

Life[]

Yamazaki sustained a spinal cord injury when she was involved in a traffic accident at age 16.^[3]

Achievements[]

Paralympic Games[]

Women's singles WH2

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan		21–16, 21–8	Bronze

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Sarina Satomi	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Gold

World Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea			7–21, 11–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sarina Satomi	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	Walkover	Bronze

Asian Para Games[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Xu Tingting	21–18, 16–21, 20–22	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia		Mai Jianpeng	11–21, 19–21	Bronze

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