Masaki Fujita Explained

Masaki Fujita
Disability Class:C3
Sport:Para-cycling
Birth Date:17 January 1985[1]
Birth Place:Wakkanai, Japan
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Masaki Fujita (born 17 January 1985) is a Japanese para-cyclist who competes in road and track events.

Career

Fujita has won five medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. Two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event, and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event.[2] [3]

He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and finished in sixth place in the road race C1–3, seventh place in the road time trial C3, eighth place in the individual pursuit C3, and 14th place in the time trial C1–3 event.[1]

In October 2023, he competed at the 2022 Asian Para Games in cycling and won gold medals in the individual pursuit C3 and road time trial C1–3, and a bronze medal in the road race C1–3 events.[4]

In March 2024, he represented Japan at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won a bronze medal in the scratch race C3 event.[5] In September 2024, he then competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place in the road time trial C3 and 15th place in the road race C1–3 events.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Masaki Fujita . olympics.com . 29 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Continuing to make contributions to the Paralympics . u-tokyo.ac.jp . 2 February 2021 . 29 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Indonesia 2018: Spotlight on cycling . paralympic.org . 20 September 2018 . 29 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Asian Para Games: Record breaking Bonnie, Ammar power to gold . nst.com . Fadhli . Ishak . 25 October 2023 . 29 September 2024.
  5. Web site: GB Global podiums on final day of UCI Para-cycling Track Worlds . uci.org . 25 March 2024 . 29 September 2024.