Yuka Naoi Explained

Yuka Naoi
Birth Date:	17 March 1963
Birth Place:	Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Disability:	Retinitis pigmentosa
Disability Class:	B2^[1]

is a Japanese retired goalball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics with the Japanese team^[2] which also included her twin sister Yuki Naoi.^[3]

Like Yuki, she has retinitis pigmentosa. She developed symptoms when she was 20,^[4] and began playing goalball in around 1997.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athens2004 Athletes. ja. Japanese Para-Sports Association. 28 January 2020.
2. Web site: Yuka Naoi. International Paralympic Committee. 28 January 2020.
3. 挑戦！アテネパラリンピック-ゴールボール選手 直井由香（なおいゆか）さん. ja. Normalization. July 2004. 24. 276. 28 January 2020.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20061012110834/http://www2.asahi.com/2004paralympics/ballgame/TKY200406080233.html. 視覚障害ある双子・直井さん、パラリンピック出場. ja. 8 June 2004. 12 October 2006. 28 January 2020. Asahi Shimbun.