Shinya Wada Explained

is a visually impaired Japanese long-distance runner.^{[1] [2]} Competing in the T11 classification, Shinya has represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he took the bronze medal in the men's 5000m T11 race. He is also a multiple World and Asian Para Games medalist, taking six medals over four tournaments.^[3]

Personal bests

Event	Record	Date	Competition	Notes
800 m T11	2:07.12	24 September 2017	2017 Japan Para Athletics Championships	Asian/National Record [4] [5]
1500 m T11	4:15.62	13 September 2016	Rio 2016 Paralympics	National Record
5000 m T11	15:48.97	2 December 2018	Osaka Association of All Athletics 2nd Long Distance Meeting in 2018	National Record
10,000 m T11	34:21.89	23 January 2011	2011 IPC Athletics World Championships	Asian/National Record
10 km	33:08	5 March 2017	39th Chiba Prefecture citizens' Marathon	[6]
Half marathon	1:11:37	29 January 2017	2017 Osaka Half Marathon	[7] [8]
Marathon T11	2:32:11	4 December 2016	70th Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship	National Record
As of 2 December 2018

Results

World

Date	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Guide	Notes
January 2011	2011 IPC Athletics World Championships	Christchurch, New Zealand	4th	10000 m T11	34:21.89	Takashi Nakata	RR NR [9] [10]
			3rd	Marathon T11	2:43:26	Takaaki Futami/Takashi Nakata
August/September 2012	14th Summer Paralympic Games	London, United Kingdom	Heat	1500 m T11	4:18.71	Takashi Nakata	NR [11] [12]
	3rd		5000 m T11	15:55.26	Takashi Nakata	RR NR [13]
	5th		Marathon T12	2:40:08	Atsushi Shida/Takashi Nakata
July 2013	2013 IPC Athletics World Championships	Lyon, France	Heat	1500 m T11	DNF		[14]
			4th	5000 m T11	16:20.91
			2nd	Marathon T11	2:45:34	Atsushi Shida/Takashi Nakata
May 2015	5th IBSA World Games	Seoul, South Korea	Heat	1500 m T11	4:42.78		[15]
			2nd	5000 m T11	16:18.21	Takashi Nakata
October 2015	2015 IPC Athletics World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	5000 m T11	16:31.04	Takashi Nakata	[16]
September 2016	15th Summer Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Heat	1500 m T11	4:16.12	Takashi Nakata	NR [17] [18]
			6th	1500 m T11	4:15.62	Takashi Nakata	NR [19] [20]
			6th	5000 m T11	16:02.97	Takashi Nakata	[21] [22]
			5th	Marathon T12	2:39:52	Takehiko Gyoba/Takashi Nakata	[23] [24]
April 2017	2017 World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup in association with the Virgin Money London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	Marathon T11/12	2:34:59		[25]
July 2017	2017 World Para Athletics Championships	London, United Kingdom	Heat	1500 m T11	4:22.12	Koutaro Minowa	[26] [27]
			3rd	5000 m T11	15:54.29	Koutaro Minowa	[28]
April 2018	2018 World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup in association with the Virgin Money London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	5th	Marathon T11/12	2:42:18	Takashi Nakata/Yasunori Murakami	[29] [30]
GR Game Record								NR National Record	RR Regional Record

Regional

Date	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Guide	Notes
December 2010	2010 Asian Para Games	Guangzhou, China	4th	5000 m T12	17:18.18	Satoshi Kimura/Seiji Thuchida	[31]
				10000 m T12	39:56.94	Masayuki Kakusho/Hitoshi Kinoshita	NM event
October 2014	2014 Asian Para Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	800 m T11	2:08.97	Kazumitsu Imaki	GR [32] [33]
			1st	1500 m T11	4:20.45	Kazumitsu Imaki	[34]
			1st	5000 m T11	16:20.48	Kazumitsu Imaki	GR [35]
October 2018	2018 Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	1500 m T11	4:22.87	Takashi Nakata	[36] [37] [38]
			2nd	5000 m T11	16:19.02	Takashi Nakata	[39]
GR Game record

Notes

References

• Reed . 31, November 2012 . ja:卒業生の和田伸也さんがロンドン・パラリンピック陸上男子5000メートルで銅メダル、マラソンで5位入賞の快挙. 15 . http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/global/guide/reed/pdf/reed31/reed31_15.pdf . ja . 2012-11-29. Kansai University Publicity Office. Reed2012.
• Book: Kazumitsu Imaki . Cycas . 30 . ja:走り続けて得た大切な出逢い. 5–6 . ja. 2015-06-30. Kansai Okura School and Kansai Okura Alumni. Cycas2015.

External links

• Shinya Wada – International Paralympic Committee Athlete Bio
• Shinya Wada (in Japanese) – Japan Blind Marathon Association
• Shinya Wada (in Japanese) – The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center
• Shinya Wada Supporting Group Facebook (in Japanese)
• Takashi Nakata (in Japanese) – Guide runner

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wada, Shinya . paralympic.org . 20 August 2016.
2. News: 和田伸也、アジア新記録で1500M銀 5000M銅に続くメダル 五輪入賞の田中希実から力もらった . . ja . 1 September 2021 . 24 August 2024.
3. Web site: Wada, Shinya. IPC. 20 August 2016. 23 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123224743/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904132&refreshauto=1. dead.
4. Web site: 2019 . Prifile of Shinya Wada . Japan Blind Marathon Association . ja . 26 January 2019 .
5. Web site: 2 December 2018 . Japanese records of men's track. Japan Para Athletics . ja . 26 January 2019 .
6. Web site: 5 March 2017 . 39th Chiba Prefecture Marathon Results . Japan Blind Marathon Association . ja . 19 February 2018 .
7. Web site: 2017 . 2017 results search . Osaka Half Marathon . ja . 19 February 2018 .
8. Web site: 31 January 2017 . Media Information of Shinya Wada in Sankei Newspapaer . JBMA News . Japan Blind Marathon Association . ja . 19 February 2018 .
9. Web site: 2011 . Results Book from 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships . . 2016-07-02 .
10. Web site: 2011-02-03 . http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/worldchampionship-result-2011/result.pdf . ja:2011世界選手権大会の成績一覧表 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2 . 2015-08-25 .
11. Web site: http://jaafd.org/pdf/03-1/20120831_0910new.pdf . ja . ja:ロンドン2012パラリンピック競技大会 日本選手総合結果 . 2012-09-10 . Japan Para Athletics . 2 . 2015-09-02.
12. Web site: http://www.jsad.or.jp/paralympic/what/pdf/london2012_results.pdf . ja . ja:ロンドン2012パラリンピック 日本代表選手団リザルト. 2012-11-14 . . 1 . 2015-09-02.
13. [Kansai University]
14. Web site: 2013-07-31 . http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/20130731_world2013overall.pdf . ja:2013IPC世界選手権選手別総合結果 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2 . 2015-08-25.
15. Web site: 2015-05-12 . http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/20150509_2015_IBSA-Soul_Result_Day1.pdf . ja:IBSA世界大会ソウル2015 大会1日目（5月11日） 結果 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 1 . 2015-09-03 .
16. Web site: 2015-10-31 . IPC Athletics World Championships Doha 2015 Official Results Book . . 2015-12-05 .
17. Web site: September 2016 . http://jaafd.org/pdf/rio2016/rio2016_R_all.pdf . ja:リオ2016パラリンピック競技大会 日本選手団【陸上競技】チーム・個人成績 一覧 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2 . 2016-09-23 .
18. Web site: September 2016 . http://sports.nhk.or.jp/paralympic/track-field/event/men-1500m-t11/phase=atm911900/index.html . ja:陸上男子 1500m – T11(視覚)予選 . ja . . Rio 2016 パラリンピック . 2016-09-25 .
19. Web site: September 2016 . http://sports.nhk.or.jp/paralympic/track-field/event/men-1500m-t11/phase=atm911100/index.html . ja:陸上男子 1500m – T11(視覚)決勝 . ja . . Rio 2016 パラリンピック . 2016-09-25 .
20. Web site: 2016-09-14 . http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ9G2JZTJ9GUTQP00J.html . ja:【和田伸也、自己新で６位 陸上１５００ｍ視覚障害 . ja . 朝日新聞 DIGITAL . 2016-09-25 .
21. Web site: September 2016 . http://sports.nhk.or.jp/paralympic/track-field/event/men-5000m-t11/index.html . ja:陸上男子 5000m – T11(視覚)決勝 . ja . . Rio 2016 パラリンピック . 2016-09-25 .
22. News: 2016-09-09 . http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/etc/20160909-OHT1T50030.html . ja:【パラ陸上】嵐の船出！メダル期待の男子5000メートル・和田が6位 . ja . . 2016-09-25 .
23. Web site: September 2016 . http://sports.nhk.or.jp/paralympic/track-field/event/men-marathon-t11-12/index.html . ja:陸上男子 マラソン – T11/12(視覚) . ja . . Rio 2016 パラリンピック . 2016-09-25 .
24. Web site: 2016-09-16 . http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160919/k10010692081000.html . ja:男子マラソン目に障害のあるクラス 岡村が銅メダル . ja . NHK NEWS WEB . 2016-09-25 .
25. Web site: 2017 . Virgin Money London Marathon Tracking & Results 2017 . virginmoneylondonmarathon.com . 2017-07-29 .
26. Web site: July 2017 . World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 - Results Book . . 2017-07-29 .
27. Web site: July 2017 . https://jaafd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017london5.pdf . ja:世界パラ陸上競技選手権大会ロンドン２０１７ 日本代表選手リザルト ７月１８日（５日目） . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 1 . 2017-07-29 .
28. Web site: July 2017 . https://jaafd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/201702zzz.pdf . ja:世界パラ陸上競技選手権大会ロンドン２０１７ 日本代表選手リザルト ７月１５日（２日目） . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 1 . 2017-07-29 .
29. Web site: April 2018 . Virgin Money London Marathon Tracking & Results 2018 . virginmoneylondonmarathon.com . 2018-04-28 .
30. Web site: 2018-04-23 . http://jbma.or.jp/news/news_event/event_180423_01/ . ja:2018 WPA Marathon World Cup：リザルト . ja . 大会・イベント 結果レポート . Japan Blind Marathon Association . 2018-04-28 .
31. Web site: 2010-12-20 . http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/guangzhou-result-2010/asia_para10_sougou.pdf . ja:2010アジアパラゲームズ広州大会 総合 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 4 . 2015-09-02 .
32. 今木一充「走り続けて得た大切な出逢い」（2015年）、pp. 5-6。
33. Web site: http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/competition_result_20141024.pdf . ja:2014アジアパラ競技大会(2日目)結果. 2014-10-24 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2015-09-02.
34. Web site: http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/competition_result_20141021.pdf . ja:2014アジアパラ競技大会(5日目)結果. 2014-10-24 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2015-08-31.
35. Web site: http://jaafd.org/pdf/02-2/competition_result_20141020.pdf . ja:2014アジアパラ競技大会(1日目)結果. 2014-10-20 . ja . Japan Para Athletics . 2015-08-31 .
36. Web site: October 2018 . 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games Results . 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games . 2018-10-29 .
37. Web site: October 2018 . Men's 1500M T11 . Result List – Para Athletics . 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games . 2018-10-29 .
38. Web site: 2018-10-12 . 陸上競技 結果 . インドネシア2018アジアパラ競技大会 Day6 . . 2 . ja . 2018-10-29 .
39. Web site: October 2018 . Men's 5000M T11 . Result List – Para Athletics . 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games . 2018-10-29 .