![]() Wakasugi after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ōme,[1] Tokyo, Japan | 23 August 1995||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Rikkyo University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Women's goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | B1[3] (formerly Chuck's[4]) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Haruka Wakasugi (若杉 遥, Wakasugi Haruka, born 23 August 1995[4]) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[5]
She was 13 years old when she developed fibrous dysplasia which led to vision loss.[1] She began playing goalball in 2010 at age 15.[2]