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Hiromi Endo (boccia)
Hiromi Endo (born 14 July 1986) is a Japanese boccia player. She is a bronze medalist at the Boccia World Championships and the Summer Paralympics. Endo was a member of Japanese team that won bronze in the 2022 Boccia World Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, in the Team BC1/2 event. At the Montreal World Boccia Cup in 2024, Endo lost to Jeralyn Tan in the final. She competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. In the women's individual BC1 event, Endo was drawn to Pool C alongside Yushae DeSilva-Andrade. The two women advanced from their pool and reached the semifinals, where they had lost to Tan and Aurélie Aubert Aurélie Aubert (born 9 June 1997) is a French boccia player. She is a Paralympic champion at the Summer Paralympics in 2024. Career Aubert began playing boccia in 2010, at the age of 12 or 13. Not liking sports at that age, she says she came to ... respectively. In the bronze medal match, Endo defeated DeSilva-Andrade, thus securing her first Paralympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boccia
Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984, it became a Paralympic sport and as of 2020, 75 boccia national organizations have joined one or more of the international organizations. Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of only two Paralympic sports (along with goalball) that have no counterpart in the Olympic program. About the game Boccia can be played by individuals, pairs, or teams of three. All events are mixed gender. The aim of the game is to throw leather balls — coloured red or blue (which side uses which is determined by a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boccia At The 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's Individual BC1
The women's individual BC1 boccia event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics will be contested between 28 August and 2 September 2024 at the South Paris Arena The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is an exhibition and conference centre in Paris, France. It is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 15th arrondissement at Porte de Versailles (Paris Métro), Porte de Versailles Métro station between .... The event structure begins with pool stages. The top two players from each of four pools then entered into a quarter-final single-elimination stage, with the losing semifinalists playing off for bronze. Classification The BC1 classification is described as follows: Results Pool stages The pool stage will be played between 29 and 31 August 2024. The top two players in each pool will qualify to the quarterfinals. Pool A ; Pool A boxscores Pool B ;Matches : Pool B Pool C ;Matches : Pool C Pool D ;Matches : Pool D Elimination stage The final stage (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boccia Players At The 2024 Summer Paralympics
Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984, it became a Paralympic sport and as of 2020, 75 boccia national organizations have joined one or more of the international organizations. Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of only two Paralympic sports (along with goalball) that have no counterpart in the Olympic program. About the game Boccia can be played by individuals, pairs, or teams of three. All events are mixed gender. The aim of the game is to throw leather balls — coloured red or blue (which side uses which is determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Boccia Players For Japan
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics has grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events by the early 21st century. The Paralympics has grown from 400 athletes with a disability from 23 countries in Rome 1960, where they were proposed by doctor Antonio Maglio, to 4,520 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Fukushima Prefecture
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1986 Births
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurélie Aubert
Aurélie Aubert (born 9 June 1997) is a French boccia player. She is a Paralympic champion at the Summer Paralympics in 2024. Career Aubert began playing boccia in 2010, at the age of 12 or 13. Not liking sports at that age, she says she came to boccia because the educators at the Richebourg rehabilitation center, where she was a resident, had promised her, in exchange, "lots of squares" of chocolate. There she also met Claudine Llop Cliville, then a nurse, who became her playing assistant and coach. Aubert trains twice a week, for about ten hours. She is supported in her practice by a mental trainer, video analysis and physiotherapy. In 2023, Aubert took part in the European Boccia Championships in Rotterdam. She finished fourth in the BC1 category. Captaining the French team, she competed in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. She qualified for the Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual BC1, women's individual BC1 final by eliminating Bermudian Yushae D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeralyn Tan
Jeralyn Tan Yee Ting (born 1 February 1989) is a Singaporean boccia player. She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport paraspo ..., reaching the finals of the women's individual BC1 event. In her event, she is ranked second in the world and first in Asia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan Yee Ting Jeralyn 1989 births Living people Paralympic boccia players Boccia players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Singapore Paralympic medalists in boccia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukushima (city)
is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northern part of the Nakadōri, central region of the prefecture. , the city has an estimated population of 283,742 in 122,130 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . The present-day city of Fukushima partially consists of most of the former Shinobu and Date Districts and a portion of the former Adachi District. The city is located in the Fukushima Basin's southwest area and nearby mountains. There are many onsen on the outskirts of the city, including the resort areas of Iizaka Onsen, Takayu Onsen, and Tsuchiyu Onsen. Fukushima is also the location of the Fukushima Race Course, the only Japan Racing Association horse racing track in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Geography Fukushima is located in the central northeast section of Fukushima Prefecture, approximately east of Lake Inawashiro, north of Tokyo, and about south of Sendai. It lies between the Ōu Mountains to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris 2024 Paralympics
) , nations = TBA , athletes = TBA , events = 549 in 22 sports , opening = 28 August , closing = 8 September , opened_by = President Emmanuel Macron (expected) , cauldron = TBA , stadium = Stade de France Place de la Concorde , winter_prev = Beijing 2022 , winter_next = '' Milan-Cortina 2026'' , summer_prev = Tokyo 2020 , summer_next = '' Los Angeles 2028'' The 2024 Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, to be held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris will host the Paralympics in its history and the second time that France will host the Paralympic Games, as Tignes and Albertville joint hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. The final decision was made by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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