is a Japanese

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

player who won a gold medal at the

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. She was 13 years old when she developed

fibrous dysplasia Fibrous dysplasia is a disorder where normal bone and marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, resulting in formation of bone that is weak and prone to expansion. As a result, most complications result from fracture, deformity, functional impairme ...

which led to vision loss. She began playing goalball in 2010 at age 15.

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Paralympic gold medalists for Japan Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Tokyo People from Ōme, Tokyo 1995 births Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic goalball players for Japan Female goalball players Rikkyo University alumni Paralympic medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century Japanese women Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games {{Goalball-bio-stub