Wakako Tsuchida H2 (JPN) • World Triathlon

Wakako Tsuchida H2

Japan
Born: 1974

Rankings
World Triathlon Paralympic Qualification Ranking	12
Para triathlon Ranking	15

Starts

17

Podiums

11

Wins

7 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.

9	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
DNS	2021 Asia Triathlon Championships Hatsukaichi 24 Apr, 2021 - PTWC Women - DNS
11	2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne 01 Sep, 2019 - PTWC Women - 01:30:47
1	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

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