Wakako Tsuchida H2

  • Japan
  • Born: 1974
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Biography

Wakako Tsuchida is the first Japanese athlete to win Paralympic medals at both the Summer and Winter Games.

Wakako, whose impairment is the result of a traffic accident in 1992, took up marathoning in 1999 after switching to para-athletics from ice sledge racing, a sport she won two gold medals in at the 1998 Nagano Paralympics. She then won gold in the 5000m wheelchair race at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and silver in the marathon.

After moving her focus once more to paratriathlon, in 2017 Tsuchida earned her first gold in WPS Yokohama and went on to win the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships on the Gold Coast.

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Latest Athlete Results
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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
29 Aug, 2021 - PTWC Women - 01:22:32
7
2021 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama
15 May, 2021 - PTWC Women - 01:18:45
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2021 Asia Triathlon Championships Hatsukaichi
24 Apr, 2021 - PTWC Women - DNS
11
2019 ITU World Triathlon Para Championships Lausanne
01 Sep, 2019 - PTWC Women - 01:30:47
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2019 Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
17 Aug, 2019 - PTWC Women - 00:59:44
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Athlete Fact Sheet
Given Name Wakako
Family Name Tsuchida H2
Representing JPN
Para triathlon Class PTWC
Para triathlon Subclass H2
Year of Birth 1974
Place of Birth 1974.10.15
Residence Tamashi, Japan
World Triathlon Athlete ID 113120
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