Rie Urata | |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1977 |
Birth Place: | Nankan, Kumamoto,[1] Japan |
Height: | 159cm[2] |
Weight: | 53 kg |
Education: | University of Teacher Education Fukuoka |
Disability Class: | B1 |
is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]
Her impairment was caused by retinitis pigmentosa, which destroyed her vision in both eyes when she was 20 years old.[4] She began playing goalball in 2004.[2]