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The youngest member of the Japanese Paralympic team won silver medal at the age of 14

A third-year junior high school student from Agano City, Niigata Prefecture. I usually use an electric wheelchair because I don't have arms since I was born and I have a disability in both legs. This is the second most impaired class, and in specialized backstroke, the remaining leg functions are fully utilized. At the 2021 Japan Championships, he marked Japan's new medal, which is equivalent to the silver medal of the World Championships, and suddenly became a medal candidate for Tokyo Para.

Tokyo Paralympic　Swimming (25th, Tokyo Aquatics Center) The final of the women's 100-meter back swim (motor dysfunction S2) was held, and Miyuki Yamada (WS Niigata), the youngest member of the Japanese team at the age of 14, participated in this tournament. Won the first silver medal of the Japanese team. Winning a medal at the age of 14 is the youngest in Japan throughout the summer and winter. In the summer, Yoshinori Shimazu, who won the bronze medal in the 1984 New York Athletics Men's 100m (visually impaired), was well over 16 years old. In winter, She surpassed the 15-year-old Satoshi Yasuhiko, who won the silver medal at the 1998 Nagano Men's 5km Classical Men's Intellectual Disability.

　Paralympic Games the qualifying that made his debut, advanced to the final in 3rd place overall. "I was nervous, but I enjoyed it," he smiled innocently. His second international competition is the big stage of the Paralympics. "I felt trembling and trembling not only in my heart but also in my body," but I took the plunge from the start of my practice. She delivered a powerful kick with legs of different lengths on the left and right. At the age of five, she started swimming to overcome childhood asthma, and at the last Rio de Janeiro Games, he watched the competition on TV and started the competition in earnest. In February of last year, he was registered as S2 with severe disabilities in the classification of international competitions, and she became the world's top class. She has no arms by nature and has different leg lengths. With a powerful kick and dynamic movement of the upper body, She swam in a dream Paralympic Games.

◆ Miyuki Yamada (Miyuki Yamada) Born September 15, 2006 in Agano City, Niigata. 14 years old. Belongs to WS Niigata. 3 years in Kyogase. In 2017, he won the Japan Para 200m freestyle and in 19 he won the 50m backstroke. In the long waterway, She holds a Japanese record in the 4th type of freestyle and backstroke of 50 and 100 meters. 140 cm, 33 kg.