Kyosuke Oyama (小山恭輔, ''Oyama Kyosuke'', born 26 December 1987) is a

Paralympic 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 impaire ...

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from

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competing mainly in category S6 events. Oyama grew up in

Higashikurume is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 117,020, and a population density of 9100 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Higashikurume is in the nort ...

in the western part of the Tokyo metropolits. As a junior high school student, he was paralyzed in half of his body. He competed in the 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

but it was in the 50m butterfly that he won his only medal, a silver behind Xu Qing of China who broke the world record in winning the race.

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Kyosuke Oyama - Montreal 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships
at the International Paralympic Committee 1987 births Living people People from Higashikurume, Tokyo Japanese male butterfly swimmers Japanese male freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Japan Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S6-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-Paralympic-medalist-stub