Takayuki Endo Explained

Takayuki Endo
Native Name:	遠藤隆行
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	19 March 1978
Birth Place:	Saitama, Japan
Alma Mater:	Surugadai University
Team:	Tokyo Ice Burns
Sport:	Sledge hockey
Position:	Defenceman
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is a Japanese ice sledge hockey player and rower.^[1] He was part of the Japanese sledge hockey team that won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He was also Japan's national flag bearer there.^[2] He was awarded the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award that year.^[3]

He has a congenital deficiency in both legs.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019世界選手権日本代表クルー（シニア・パラ） . Japan Rowing Association . 2019-12-03 . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204052758/https://www.jara.or.jp/national/2019/2019WorldRowingChampionships_1.html . 2019-12-04 . live.
2. Web site: 第２回「アイススレッジホッケーとの出合い」 . ja . Ninomiya . Seijun . Challengers TV . 2010-04-06 . 2019-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204052802/https://www.challengers.tv/seijun/2010/04/305.html . 2019-12-04 . live.
3. Web site: Bourgonje and Takayuki to Receive Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award . International Paralympic Committee . 19 March 2010 . 16 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106194317/http://www.paralympic.org/news/bourgonje-and-takayuki-receive-whang-youn-dai-achievement-award . 6 January 2014 . live.
4. Web site: Takayuki Endo . . 2019-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191204055827/https://www.paralympic.org/takayuki-endo . 2019-12-04 . live.