Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Spinal Cord Injuries |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SB-LL2 |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Sumiko, two children |
Residence |
Kobe, JPN |
Occupation |
Athlete, Manager |
Languages |
Japanese |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began snowboarding in 2002. |
Why this sport? |
He was a professional able-bodied snowboarder, so he took up the sport again following his accident in 2015. |
Club / Team |
Sideway [JPN] / HYWOD [JPN]: |
Name of coach |
Kenichi Niboshi [national], JPN |
General Interest |
Impairment |
He fractured his third lumbar vertebra in a snowboarding accident in 2015. The injury resulted in paraplegia. (Twitter profile, 31 Dec 2018; keijiokamoto.com, 19 Dec 2018) |
Other information |
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He is the founder of HYWOD, a snowboard team in Japan that has organised national competitions and been involved in snowboard park construction. HYWOD also owns Osaka King, a snowboard facility where Okamoto works as manager. (Facebook profile, 31 Dec 2018; keijiokamoto.com, 19 Dec 2018) |
