TORU SUZUKI

TORU SUZUKI

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Track and field athlete(High Jump)
Birthday: May 4, 1980
Official sponsor / team: freelance

World’s top high jumper with an artificial leg!
Toru Suzuki’s official website
Toru's Web http://suzuki-toru.com/

BIOGRAPHY

CAREER

2008
Beijing Paralympic -5th place(Japan's flag-bearer)
Kawasaki Athletic Tournament -champion
2007
IWAS World Wheelchair & Amputee Games(World championship)champion
2006
Japan Sports Association for the Disabled Excellence Award
Japan Paralympic Championship -champion・2m00cm(national record)
Paralympic World Cup(England) Silver medal
Paralympic Challenged(Germany)Silver medal 
Tokyo Athletic Tournament [Event for able-bodied] 6th place
2005
Japan Sports Association for the Disabled Excellence Award
Tokyo Athletic Tournament [Event for abled] 7th place・1m95cm(national record)
Paralympic World Cup(England) Silver medal・1m98cm(national record)
Kanto Athletic Tournament for Disabled -champion
Europe Tournament(Finland)-Silver medal
Japan Paralympic Championship -champion
World ranking -2nd place
2004
Japan Athletic Tournament for Disabled -champion
Kotou-ku Tokyo Night time Competion [Event for abled] -champion
Athens Paralympic -6th place prize winner
National Athletic Event for Disabled -champion
2003
Yamanashi Tournament [Event for abled] 5th place
Kanto Athletic Tournament for Disabled -champion
Japan Paralympic Championship -champion
Tokyo Athletic Sports Festival [Event for abled] 3rd place
International Challenge(USA) silver medal
2002
International Challenge(USA) 2nd place・1m90cm(national record)
World Championship(France) 5th place
2001
Takes half a year off to recover from injury
Japan Paralympic Championship -champion
2000
Kyushu Disabled Paralympic -champion
Japan Athletic Tournament for Disabled -champion
Tsukuba University 4th Athletic Tournament [Event for abled] 4th place・1m85cm(national record)
Sydney Paralympic Championship(Australlia) 6th place prize winner

MAGAZINE

2008
Sports Event Handball [column series](2007~)
Create [column series](2007~)
2007
Clover (free paper)Cover of Winter issue
2006
Shukan Jitsuwa ~Shun People Interview~
Tarzan (Magazine House)
Sports Event Handball (Sports Event)
Sports Event Handball (Sports Event・column series June 2006~)
2004
Shogai Sports(1)Paralympic de Katsuyaku suru Hitotachi・Natsu hen (Gakken)
Tarzan (Magazine House)
Sports no Hiroba (New Japan Sports Federation)
Paralympic Sports (NPO Japan Paralympic Support Council)

OTHER

2007
Web / Tsukuba Sports Navi
Lecture Reihou Junior High Schoo / Mie
Lecture Hamanaka Junior High Schoo / Kanagawa
Lecture Shinjuku Junior High School / Chiba
2006
Lecture Ashikaga Junior High School / Tochigi
Lecture Koutou Elementary School / Yamanashi
Lecture Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine Symposium / Nigata
Lecture Kirigaoka High School / Kanagawa
Lecture Toho Junior High School / Tokyo (and many more)
Lecture Tomihama Junior High School / Yamanashi

RADIO

2008
Radio Nippon(10/15 ON AIR.) Sugisawa Shuichi no Tatakai no Okite
2006
Money Sports (Radio Nippon)
RAGFAIR Yosuke no Brand New R

TV

2008
NHK Sunday Sports
NHK Kyoiku Beijing Paralympic ~Genkai heno Chousen Gekihen suru Shougaisha Sports no Sekai~ (9/5 ON AIR.)
CX Yume no Tobira (9/28,10/5 ON AIR.)
2006
KTV Smile Smile
2005
CX Start Line ~Namida no Sprinter~
2004
NHK Shutoken Network
CX FNN Speak
2002
NTV 24Jikan TV ~Ai waChikyu wo Sukuu~
2000
NHK Ningen Document ~Boku no Ashi de Kimi ga Tobu~
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