Shunya Nakamachi
| Date of birth | August 30, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Wheelchair rugby player | ||||||||||||||||
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Shunya Nakamachi (中町 俊耶, Nakamachi Shunya, born August 30, 1994) is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player who currently plays for COLOPL and the Japanese national team.
Background and career
[edit]Nakamachi graduated from Honjo Daiichi High School in March 2013.[1] He was a member of the baseball team in high school. While still a member of the baseball team as a freshman in college, he broke his neck and now has disabilities in both hands and the lower body.[2]
In 2021, Nakamachi was selected as a recommended player for the Japanese national team for the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "東京パラリンピック出場！平成24年度卒業、中町 俊耶(ナカマチ シュンヤ)選手" (in Italian). 本庄第一高等学校. 26 August 2021.
- ^ "車いすラグビー 中町 俊耶". NHK. 26 June 2021.
- ^ "東京2020パラリンピック競技大会日本代表推薦選手について JWRF 一般社団法人 日本車いすラグビー連盟" (in Japanese). 日本車いすラグビー連盟. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "【東京パラリンピック】「日本ラグビー」で2大会連続銅メダル！ 池主将のリーダーシップと仲間たち" (in Japanese). ラグビー共和国. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture
- Japanese wheelchair rugby players
- Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Japan
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Japan
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen