Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Japan at the
2010 Winter Paralympics
IPC code JPN
NPC Japan Paralympic Committee
Website www.jsad.or.jp (Japanese)
in Vancouver
Competitors 42 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Takayuki Endo[1]
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 3 5 11
Winter Paralympics appearances

Japan will send 42 competitors to compete in all five disciplines at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.[2]

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

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
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		 2nd, silver medalist(s)
South Korea
W 5–0
United States
L 0–6

Wheelchair curling

Japan will be competing in wheelchair curling.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, The Official Website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
  3. 1 2 "Paralympic Schedule and Results", 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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