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Akiko Adachi

Adachi after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Personal information

Born

(1983-09-10) September 10, 1983 (age 41)
Yame, Fukuoka, Japan

Height

160 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

55 kg (121 lb)

Sport

Women's goalball

Disability class

Medal record

Representing Japan

Paralympic Games
	2012 London	Team
Asian Para Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
	2014 Incheon	Team

Akiko Adachi (安達阿記子, Adachi Akiko, born 10 September 1983) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She scored the game-winning goal in the final against China.

She was diagnosed with macular degeneration in her right eye when she was 14 years old. When she was 20, a visual condition also developed in her left eye, causing impairment. She began playing goalball in 2006, at age 23.

References

^ "安達阿記子選手（ゴールボール）". Government of Tokorozawa, Saitama (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ "Adachi Akiko". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Goalball Women Gold Medal Match Start List" (PDF). 2012 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
"Akiko Adachi". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
"Japan seeks to retain Paralympic goalball title". International Paralympic Committee. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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