Japan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Japan at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Japan IPC code  JPN NPC Japanese Paralympic Committee
At the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi
Competitors	15 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Shoko Ota (opening) Akira Kano (closing)
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 3	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 6
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Japan competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.^[1]

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Toshihiro Abe	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:27.82	+6.90	12
	Slalom, standing	55.35	+7.66	21	1:02.57	+11.29	20	1:57.92	+18.95	19
	Giant slalom, standing	1:21.54	+6.82	11	1:14.79	+3.64	6	2:36.33	+10.46	6
Akira Kano	Downhill, sitting	N/A						1:23.80	-
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						1:19.51	-
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	58.12	+5.38	14	1:01.67	+2.24	4	1:59.79	+6.01	7
	Giant slalom, sitting	DNF
Gakuta Koike	Downhill, standing	N/A						DNF
	Super-G, standing	N/A						1:25.54	+4.62	9
	Combined, standing	56.52	+6.22	12	1:22.96	+4.57	9	2:19.48	+9.76	10
	Slalom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	1:22.73	+8.01	15	1:15.34	+4.19	7	2:38.07	+12.20	9
Hiraku Misawa	Downhill, standing	N/A						1:28.13	+3.78	9
	Super-G, standing	N/A						DNF
	Combined, standing	56.03	+5.73	11	1:22.63	+4.24	8	2:18.66	+8.94	9
	Slalom, standing	DNF
	Giant slalom, standing	DNF
Taiki Morii	Downhill, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						1:21.60	+2.09
	Combined, sitting	59.52	+0.81	3	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	56.87	+4.13	8	1:00.87	+1.44	3	1:57.74	+3.96	4
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:21.26	+3.16	8	1:14.82	+0.72	5	2:36.08	+3.35	7
Kenji Natsume	Downhill, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Combined, sitting	1:08.76	+10.05	8	1:19.28	+1.01	3	2:28.04	+9.84	6
	Slalom, sitting	1:04.26	+11.52	21	DNF
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:26.20	+8.10	19	1:22.27	+8.17	16	2:48.47	+15.74	10
Takeshi Suzuki	Downhill, sitting	N/A						1:24.75	+0.95
	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Combined, sitting	DNF
	Slalom, sitting	54.35	+1.61	2	59.43	-	1	1:53.78	-
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:22.11	+4.01	11	1:16.90	+2.80	10	2:39.01	+6.28	10
Akira Taniguchi	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DNF
	Combined, sitting	1:08.60	+9.89	7	1:26.11	+7.84	8	2:34.71	+16.51	7
	Slalom, sitting	DNF
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:28.31	+10.21	22	DNF
Masahiko Tokai	Super-G, standing	N/A						DNS
	Slalom, standing	53.03	+5.34	14	58.14	+6.86	14	1:51.17	+12.20	11
	Giant slalom, standing	1:21.85	+7.13	12	1:16.27	+5.12	9	2:38.12	+12.25	10
Fukutaro Yamazaki	Slalom, standing	1:05.07	+17.38	35	1:11.29	+20.01	31	2:16.36	+37.39	30
	Giant slalom, standing	1:31.47	+16.75	29	1:27.56	+16.41	27	2:59.03	+33.16	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1			Run 2			Final/Total
		Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank	Time	Diff	Rank
Momoka Muraoka	Super-G, sitting	N/A						DSQ
	Slalom, sitting	1:29.85	+24.78	9	1:23.16	+18.30	9	2:53.01	+43.08	9
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:37.40	+6.96	6	1:24.32	+4.66	4	3:01.72	+10.46	5
Yoshiko Tanaka	Slalom, sitting	1:18.77	+13.70	7	1:17.02	+12.16	7	2:35.79	+25.86	7
	Giant slalom, sitting	1:47.26	+16.82	8	1:33.24	+13.58	8	3:20.50	+29.24	7

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Events	Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Kozo Kubo	7.5km, sitting	23:08.9	21:45.6	0+0	21:45.6
	12.5km, sitting	39:57.8	37:33.9	0+0+0+0	37:33.9	6
	15km, sitting	49:04.1	46:07.5	0+0+0+0	46:07.5	6
Keiichi Sato	7.5km, standing	21:35.3	20:56.4	0+0	20:56.4	13
	12.5km, standing	33:40.1	32:39.5	0+0+1+0	32:39.5	10
	15km, standing	41:34.4	40:19.6	0+0+0+0	40:19.6	10

Women

Athlete	Events	Final
		Real Time	Calculated Time	Missed Shots	Result	Rank
Yurika Abe	6km, standing	25:09.7	24:09.3	1+3	24:09.3	13
Momoko Dekijima	6km, standing	21:30.2	20:38.6	1+0	20:38.6	8
	10km, standing	34:44.5	33:21.1	0+1+1+1	33:21.1	9
	12.5km, standing	44:28.7	42:42.0	0+0+0+0	42:42.0	7
Shoko Ota	6km, standing	20:24.2	19:47.5	0+0	19:47.5	6
	10km, standing	DNS

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Keigo Iwamoto	1km sprint classic, standing	5:35.89	4:58.94	32	Did not qualify
	10km free, standing	N/A					34:52.9	31:02.7	33
Kozo Kubo	10km free, sitting	N/A					33:40.4	31:39.2	5
	15km, sitting	N/A					48:59.4	46:03.0	14
Yoshihiro Nitta	1km sprint classic, standing	4:02.51	3:55.24	12Q	4:21.2	6	Did not advance
	10km free, standing	N/A					27:02.5	26:13.8	17
	20km, standing	N/A					59:31.7	54:10.2	4
Keiichi Sato	1km sprint classic, standing	4:25.98	4:18.00	22	Did not qualify
	10km free, standing	N/A					28:10.9	27:20.2	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Semifinal		Final
		Real Time	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Real Time	Result	Rank
Yurika Abe	1km sprint classic, standing	5:13.01	5:00.49	9Q	5:12.8	5	Did not advance
	5km, standing	N/A					15:38.1	15:00.6	9
	15km, standing	N/A					1:02:14.9	56:01.4	8
Momoko Dekijima	1km sprint classic, standing	5:18.33	5:05.60	10Q	5:12.5	5	Did not advance
	5km, standing	N/A					15:04.7	14:28.5	6
Mayuko Eno	1km sprint classic, sitting	3:32.11	3:25.75	21	Did not qualify
	5km, sitting	N/A					24:17.3	23:33.6	21
Shoko Ota	1km sprint classic, standing	4:56.12	4:47.24	7Q	4:50.0	4	Did not advance
	5km, standing	N/A					15:31.9	15:03.9	10

Relay

Athletes	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Momoko Dekijima Kozo Kubo Yoshihiro Nitta Shoko Ota	4 x 2.5km mixed relay	29:25.6	7

See also

• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Athletes - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-17.