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Mitsuhide MIYAJI

Mitsuhide MIYAJI, Japanese Para Dressage athlete.
Name Mitsuhide MIYAJI
FEI ID 10082201
Gender Male
Date of Birth 29/10/1957
Competing for Japan - JPN
Registration Para Dressage 2024
Last update 07/02/2023
FEI Database



Para Dressage 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport in 2007.
Why this sport? Before his stroke he worked as a horse training assistant at the Japan Racing Association. He tried a number of sports, including marathon and skiing, for rehabilitation and found that horses were the best option because they gave him energy.
Club / Team Refine Equine Academy : Japan
Name of coach Norio Miki [national], JPN
Impairment Information
Origin of Impairment Acquired
Classification GRADE II
Further Personal Information
Family Wife Yumiko Miyaji
Languages Japanese
General Interest
Most influential person in career His wife. (nhk.or.jp, 26 Jul 2016)
Hero / Idol British Para equestrian Lee Pearson. (Athlete, 08 Sep 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto "The horses brought me back to life. All I would like to say to them is really, truly, thank you." (JRA YouTube channel, 19 Jul 2021)
Impairment He sustained paralysis in the right side of his body and his brain was impaired following a stroke in 2005. (nhk.or.jp, 26 Jul 2016, 09 Jun 2015; mainichi.jp, 07 Jul 2016)