Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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silver= 14
bronze= 8
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rank= 17

Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.

Medalists

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Wheelchair fencing

Japan will have one competitor in wheelchair fencing, 42-year-old Toyoaki Hisakawa. This will be Hisakawa's third appearance at the Paralympic Games. [cite news |title=Wheelchair fencer has high Olympic hopes |work=Yomiuri Shimbun |date=2008-08-05 |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/olympics/20080805TDY03104.htm |accessdate=2008-09-02]

Cycling Track

Masashi Ishii -- Men's 1km Time Trial (LC 3-4) -- 1:08.771 World Record [cite news |title=Briton Kenny hits gold and world record double, again |work=Yomiuri Shimbun |date=2008-09-09 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/09/content_9880339.htm |accessdate=2008-09-22] won the gold medal.

ee also

*Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References