Masazumi Soejima
 Soejima during the 2009 Boston Marathon | ||
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| Track and field (athletics) | ||
Representing  Japan
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | 4x400m - T53-54 |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Soejima.
Masazumi Soejima (副島 正純, Soejima Masazumi, born August 31, 1970- ) is a Japanese athlete. He is best known as a Paralympian Track and field competitor. He competes in category long distance events.
Marathon
[change | change source]In 2011, he won the wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon. He completed the course in 1 hour 31 minutes 41 seconds (1:31:41). He dedicated his race to the children in Japan, who were affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.[1]
Soejima won the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon in 2011.[1]
Paralympics
[change | change source]Masazumi has competed in the marathon in both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics, 10000m in 2004, 5000m and 1500m in 2008.
In the 4x400m relay in 2004, he won a bronze medal.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Otis, John. A First and a Record in the Wheelchair Divisions, November 7, 2011; retrieved 2011-11-7.
- ↑ International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Soejima; retrieved 2011-11-7.