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Date of birth: 4. May.1980 Amputation Level: single TT amputee Main Events: High Jump Competitive Class: F44 Össur Products: Flex-Foot Cheetah®, Re-Flex VSP® (opens in a new window)* Nationality: Japaniese |
Toru Suzuki has high skill in sports as he was dreaming to be a professional hand ball player until he had a car accident. After going through the surgery, he decided to be an athlete with prosthesis. He changed his major to high jump and it took him only 3months to break a national record and he was chosen to attend Sydney Paralympic Games as the first amputee high jumper from Japan. Since then, his record has improved up to 2.00m. He also participates in international championships. He attended the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing, Paralympics where he placedin the top 6. Remarkably, he was the first amputee flag-bearer at the Beijing Paralympics.
Toru Suzuki currently ranked as the No.1 amputee high jumper in Asia and is the Asian & Japan record holder. He is the second lower limb amputee in the world who has jumped over 2m. He is well known and respected by people nation-wide in Japan. Recently he was chosen as top 35 athlete among Olympic champions in Japan. He is also invited as motivational speaker at schools and city halls.
Competitive Highlights:
2008 |
Paralympics, Beijing - 5th place |
2005 |
Japan Paralympic |