Masaki Fujita (born 17 January 1985) is a Japanese para-cyclist who competes in road and track events.
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| Born | 17 January 1985[1] Wakkanai, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFujita has won five medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. Two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event, and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event.[2][3]
He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and finished in sixth place in the road race C1–3, seventh place in the road time trial C3, eighth place in the individual pursuit C3, and 14th place in the time trial C1–3 event.[1]
In October 2023, he competed at the 2022 Asian Para Games in cycling and won gold medals in the individual pursuit C3 and road time trial C1–3, and a bronze medal in the road race C1–3 events.[4]
In March 2024, he represented Japan at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won a bronze medal in the scratch race C3 event.[5] In September 2024, he then competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place in the road time trial C3 and 15th place in the road race C1–3 events.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Masaki Fujita". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Continuing to make contributions to the Paralympics". u-tokyo.ac.jp. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Indonesia 2018: Spotlight on cycling". paralympic.org. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Ishak, Fadhli (25 October 2023). "Asian Para Games: Record breaking Bonnie, Ammar power to gold". nst.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "GB Global podiums on final day of UCI Para-cycling Track Worlds". uci.org. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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