Hifumi Suzuki

Hifumi Suzuki (鈴木 十二美, Suzuki Hifumi, born 18 December 1957) is a Japanese Paralympic archer who competed at four different games and gained several medals.

Hifumi Suzuki

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	18 December 1957 (1957-12-18) (age 67)
Medal record Women's archery Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Individual W2 1984 New York & Stoke Mandeville Double FITA Round Paraplegic 1996 Atlanta Teams Open 1992 Barcelona Individual AR2 2000 Sydney Teams Open

Life

Suzuki was born in 1957. She shoots with a recurve bow in the Paralympic W2 class for paraplegics. She first competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. She also went to the paralympics in 1992 and 1996. At the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta, she won an individual gold medal^[1][2] as well as a silver medal in the women's team open event alongside Shigeko Matsueda and Masako Yonezawa.^[3] She also competed in 2000 where she won a bronze medal women's teams open event alongside Naomi Isozaki and Masako Yonezawa.^[4]

References

1. Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
2. "Hifumi Suzuki - Archery | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
3. "Atlanta 1996 - archery - womens-teams-open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
4. "Sydney 2000 - archery - womens-teams-open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

External links

• Hifumi Suzuki at the International Paralympic Committee