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Mayumi Narita
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta ?
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta ?
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta ?
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta ?
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens ?
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens ?

Mayumi Narita, born in 1969 or 1970, is a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee.[1] Japan Today has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know".[2]

Narita has been confined to a wheelchair by myelitis since the age of 13; in 1994, additionally, she was involved in a traffic accident which left her quadriplegic.[3] In 1996, she represented Japan at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, where she won two gold medals, two silver and one bronze. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, she won six gold medals.[4] She also set five world records at the Sydney Games.[5]

Narita competed again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and was the Games' most successful athlete, of any nationality and in any sport. She set six world records, seven Paralympic records, and won seven gold medals and one bronze medal.[6] [7]

In 2005, she was given the Best Female Athlete award by the International Paralympic Committee, the Best Male Athlete award going to Brazil's Clodoaldo Silva.[8]

Narita is currently vice chair of the Tokyo 2016 Athletes' Commission.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ "Paralympics champ competes against prejudice", Japan Today, August 7, 2001
  3. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
  4. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
  5. ^ "Paralympics champ competes against prejudice", Japan Today, August 7, 2001
  6. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
  7. ^ "Paralympics Athens 2004 - facts and figures", People's Daily, September 29, 2004
  8. ^ "Paralympic Sport Awards Winners - 2005", International Paralympic Committee
  9. ^ "Olympic Stars Enhance TOKYO 2016 Games Plan", press release, July 11, 2008


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