Shinya Wada

Shinya Wada (born 9 July 1977) is a visually impaired Japanese long-distance runner.[1] 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.[2]

Shinya Wada

Personal information
Native name	和田伸也
Nationality	Japanese
Born	9 July 1977 Neyagawa, Osaka pref., Japan
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	T11
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Medal record Men's para athletics Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2012 London 5000 m T11 IPC Athletics World Championships/ World Para Athletics Championships 2013 Lyon Marathon T11 2011 Christchurch Marathon T11 2015 Doha 5000 m T11 2017 London 5000 m T11 World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup 2017 London Marathon T11/12 Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon 800 m T11 2014 Incheon 1500 m T11 2014 Incheon 5000 m T11 2018 Jakarta 1500 m T11 2018 Jakarta 5000 m T11

Personal bests

Event	Record	Date	Competition	Notes
800 m T11	2:07.12	24 September 2017	2017 Japan Para Athletics Championships	Asian/National Record [3][4]
1500 m T11	4:15.62	13 September 2016	Rio 2016 Paralympics	National Record [3][4]
5000 m T11	15:48.97	2 December 2018	Osaka Association of All Athletics 2nd Long Distance Meeting in 2018	National Record [3][4]
10,000 m T11	34:21.89	23 January 2011	2011 IPC Athletics World Championships	Asian/National Record [3][4]
10 km	33:08	5 March 2017	39th Chiba Prefecture citizens' Marathon	[5]
Half marathon	1:11:37	29 January 2017	2017 Osaka Half Marathon	[6][7]
Marathon T11	2:32:11	4 December 2016	70th Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship	National Record [3]
As of 2 December 2018

Gallery

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  Rio 2016 Paralympics Marathon
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  Rio 2016 Paralympics Marathon
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  2017 World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup (London, UK)
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  2018 World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup (London, UK)

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 [3][4][8][9]
			3rd	Marathon T11	2:43:26	Takaaki Futami/Takashi Nakata	[3][8][9]
August/September 2012	14th Summer Paralympic Games	London, United Kingdom	Heat	1500 m T11	4:18.71	Takashi Nakata	NR [3][4][10][11]
			3rd	5000 m T11	15:55.26	Takashi Nakata	RR NR [3][10][11][12]
			5th	Marathon T12	2:40:08	Atsushi Shida/Takashi Nakata	[3][10][11]
July 2013	2013 IPC Athletics World Championships	Lyon, France	Heat	1500 m T11	DNF		[13]
			4th	5000 m T11	16:20.91		[13]
			2nd	Marathon T11	2:45:34	Atsushi Shida/Takashi Nakata	[3][13]
May 2015	5th IBSA World Games	Seoul, South Korea	Heat	1500 m T11	4:42.78		[14]
			2nd	5000 m T11	16:18.21	Takashi Nakata	[3]
October 2015	2015 IPC Athletics World Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	5000 m T11	16:31.04	Takashi Nakata	[15]
September 2016	15th Summer Paralympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Heat	1500 m T11	4:16.12	Takashi Nakata	NR [16][17]
			6th	1500 m T11	4:15.62	Takashi Nakata	NR [16][18][19]
			6th	5000 m T11	16:02.97	Takashi Nakata	[16][20][21]
			5th	Marathon T12	2:39:52	Takehiko Gyoba/Takashi Nakata	[16][22][23]
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		[24]
July 2017	2017 World Para Athletics Championships	London, United Kingdom	Heat	1500 m T11	4:22.12	Koutaro Minowa	[25][26]
			3rd	5000 m T11	15:54.29	Koutaro Minowa	[25][27]
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	[28][29]
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	[3][30]
				10000 m T12	39:56.94	Masayuki Kakusho/Hitoshi Kinoshita	NM event [3][30]
October 2014	2014 Asian Para Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	800 m T11	2:08.97	Kazumitsu Imaki	GR [31][32]
			1st	1500 m T11	4:20.45	Kazumitsu Imaki	[31][33]
			1st	5000 m T11	16:20.48	Kazumitsu Imaki	GR [31][34]
October 2018	2018 Asian Para Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	1500 m T11	4:22.87	Takashi Nakata	[35][36][37]
			2nd	5000 m T11	16:19.02	Takashi Nakata	[35][38]
GR Game Record

Notes

1. "Wada, Shinya". paralympic.org. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. "Wada, Shinya". IPC. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
3. "Prifile of Shinya Wada" (in Japanese). Japan Blind Marathon Association. 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
4. "Japanese records of men's track" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
5. "39th Chiba Prefecture Marathon Results" (in Japanese). Japan Blind Marathon Association. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
6. "2017 results search" (in Japanese). Osaka Half Marathon. 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
7. "Media Information of Shinya Wada in Sankei Newspapaer". JBMA News (in Japanese). Japan Blind Marathon Association. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
8. "Results Book from 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
9. 2011世界選手権大会の成績一覧表 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2011-02-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
10. ロンドン2012パラリンピック競技大会 日本選手総合結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2012-09-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
11. ロンドン2012パラリンピック 日本代表選手団リザルト (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Paralympic Committee. 2012-11-14. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
12. Kansai University News Letter Reed No. 31、11月号（2012年）、p. 15。
13. 2013IPC世界選手権選手別総合結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2013-07-31. p. 2. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
14. IBSA世界大会ソウル2015 大会1日目（5月11日） 結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2015-05-12. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
15. "IPC Athletics World Championships Doha 2015 Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
16. 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 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. September 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
17. 陸上男子 1500m - T11(視覚)予選. Rio 2016 パラリンピック (in Japanese). NHK. September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
18. 陸上男子 1500m - T11(視覚)決勝. Rio 2016 パラリンピック (in Japanese). NHK. September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
19. 【和田伸也、自己新で６位　陸上１５００ｍ視覚障害 (in Japanese). 朝日新聞 DIGITAL. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
20. 陸上男子 5000m - T11(視覚)決勝. Rio 2016 パラリンピック (in Japanese). NHK. September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
21. 【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. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
22. 陸上男子 マラソン - T11/12(視覚). Rio 2016 パラリンピック (in Japanese). NHK. September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
23. 男子マラソン目に障害のあるクラス 岡村が銅メダル (in Japanese). NHK NEWS WEB. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
24. "Virgin Money London Marathon Tracking & Results 2017". virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
25. "World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 - Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
26. 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） (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. July 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
27. 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） (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. July 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
28. "Virgin Money London Marathon Tracking & Results 2018". virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
29. 2018 WPA Marathon World Cup：リザルト. 大会・イベント 結果レポート (in Japanese). Japan Blind Marathon Association. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
30. 2010アジアパラゲームズ広州大会 総合 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2010-12-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
31. 今木一充「走り続けて得た大切な出逢い」（2015年）、pp. 5-6。
32. 2014アジアパラ競技大会(2日目)結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
33. 2014アジアパラ競技大会(5日目)結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
34. 2014アジアパラ競技大会(1日目)結果 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Para Athletics. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
35. "2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games Results" (PDF). 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games. October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
36. "Men's 1500M T11". Result List - Para Athletics. 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games. October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
37. "陸上競技 結果" (PDF). インドネシア2018アジアパラ競技大会 Day6 (in Japanese). Japan Paralympic Committee. 2018-10-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
38. "Men's 5000M T11". Result List - Para Athletics. 2018 Indonesia Asian Para Games. October 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-29.

References

• 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 (PDF). Reed (in Japanese). Kansai University Publicity Office (31, November 2012): 15. 2012-11-29.
• Kazumitsu Imaki (2015-06-30). 走り続けて得た大切な出逢い. Cycas (in Japanese). Kansai Okura School and Kansai Okura Alumni. pp. 5–6.

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