Akiko Adachi Explained

Akiko Adachi
Birth Date:	10 September 1983
Birth Place:	Yame, Fukuoka,^[1] Japan
Height:	160 cm^[2]
Weight:	55 kg
Disability Class:	B2

is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[3] She scored the game-winning goal in the final against China.^[4]

She was diagnosed with macular degeneration in her right eye when she was 14 years old. When she was 20, a visual condition also developed in her left eye, causing impairment.^[1] She began playing goalball in 2006, at age 23.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 安達 阿記子 選手（ゴールボール）. ja. Government of Tokorozawa, Saitama. 22 January 2020. 3 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103101151/https://www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp/iitokoro/enjoy/bunkakyoyo/tokyoolypara/athlete/adachi/index.html. dead.
2. Web site: Adachi Akiko. International Paralympic Committee. 27 January 2020.
3. Web site: Akiko Adachi. International Paralympic Committee. 22 January 2020.
4. Web site: Japan seeks to retain Paralympic goalball title. 19 June 2016. International Paralympic Committee. 26 January 2020.