is a Japanese retired

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. She won a bronze medal at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

with the Japanese team which also included her twin sister

Yuki Naoi is a Japanese retired goalball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics with the Japanese team which also included her twin sister Yuka Naoi. Like Yuka, she has retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic ...

. Like Yuki, she has

retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visual field). As peripheral vision worsens, people may ...

. She developed symptoms when she was 20, and began playing goalball in around 1997.

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Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Goalball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Gunma Prefecture 1963 births Living people Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic goalball players of Japan Female goalball players Japanese twins Twin sportspeople People from Maebashi Paralympic medalists in goalball 21st-century Japanese women {{Goalball-bio-stub