Chinami Shimizu
Chinami Shimizu (born 8 November 1982) is a Japanese wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team and her club Cocktail (since 2015). She plays as a centre and forward.[1][2] In 2021, she competed the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3]
Shimizu used to play able-bodied football with Albirex Niigata Ladies during the 2003-04 Japanese women's league. She retired as a footballer in 2008 due to a left knee injury. She had injuries in her left knee since removal of her lateral meniscus when she was in grade 11 of high school. She was diagnosied with tumours of the adrenal gland (pheochromocytomas ). She suffered a cardiac arrest while undergoing surgery for it in 2012. After rehabilitation she tried multiple Para sports. As she liked team sports she started with wheelchair basketball in 2015 with the team Cocktail; where she had watched a training's session. With the national team she won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta.[3]
She studied at the Ehime University in Matsuyama. She works next to wheelchair basketball as a personal trainer.[3]
References
change- ↑ "なでしこリーグから、車いすバスケ日本代表へ。 「願掛けじゃないけど、髪の一部分に金色を入れてます（笑）」｜パラスポ＋！ | PARA SPO PLUS". paraspoplus.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ↑ "【日本代表選手名鑑】車いすバスケットボール女子｜東京2020パラリンピック". パラサポWEB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "SHIMIZU Chinami". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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