Akane Nakashima Explained

Akane Nakashima
Birth Date:	17 August 1990
Birth Place:	Nakatsugawa, Gifu,^[1] Japan
Height:	159 cm^[2]
Weight:	55 kg
Education:	Nihon Fukushi University
Disability Class:	B3

is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

Her visual impairment is congenital. She started playing goalball during the first year of junior high school.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 愛知）パラ競技「ゴールボール」の魅力知って 瀬戸. Matsunaga. Yoshinobu. ja. Asahi Shimbun. 31 December 2019. 25 January 2020.
2. Web site: Nakashiima Akane. International Paralympic Committee. 28 January 2020.
3. Web site: Akane Nakashima. International Paralympic Committee. 22 January 2020.