Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
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Japan
will send 42 competitors to compete in all five disciplines at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
in Vancouver
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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
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
will send 42 competitors to compete in all five disciplines at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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Alpine skiing
Akira KanoAkira Kano
is a Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.He competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, where he became 27th at the Slalom, sitting.He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada....
Men's Super-G, sitting Taiki Morii
Taiki Morii
is a Japanese alpine skier and Paralympian.He competed in the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, USA, where he placed 6th at the Slalom and 8th at the Giant slalom, sitting LW11....
Men's Downhill, sitting Taiki Morii
Taiki Morii
is a Japanese alpine skier and Paralympian.He competed in the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, USA, where he placed 6th at the Slalom and 8th at the Giant slalom, sitting LW11....
Men's Super-G, sitting Akira Kano
Akira Kano
is a Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.He competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, where he became 27th at the Slalom, sitting.He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada....
Men's Downhill, sitting Takeshi Suzuki Men's Giant Slalom, sitting Kuniko Obinata
Kuniko Obinata
is a Paralympic alpine skier from Japan. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 1994, winning a total of two gold, three silver, and three bronze medals up to 2006. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, she won two bronze medals in the women's sitting class of slalom and giant slalom.-...
Women's Giant Slalom, sitting Kuniko Obinata
Kuniko Obinata
is a Paralympic alpine skier from Japan. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 1994, winning a total of two gold, three silver, and three bronze medals up to 2006. At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, she won two bronze medals in the women's sitting class of slalom and giant slalom.-...
Women's Slalom, sitting
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Yoshihiro Nitta Men's 1km Sprint, standing Yoshihiro Nitta Men's 10 km Sprint, standing Shoko Ota Women's 1km Sprint, standingIce 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.| Squad list | Group stage (Pool A) | Semifinal | Final | ||
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| 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 |
W 2–1 |
2 Q | W 3–1 |
L 0-2 |
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W 5–0 |
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L 0–6 |
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