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Sakuko Kadokura
is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S5 events. Sakuko was a freestyle specialist who competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, she was part of the 4x50m freestyle team that won the gold medal in a new world record time. Individually she swam in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events but failed to make a final. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Japan Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics S5-classified para swimmers 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
