Personal information | |
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Born | Yame, Fukuoka, [1] Japan | September 10, 1983
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) [2] |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) [2] |
Sport | |
Sport | Women's goalball |
Disability class | B2 [3] |
Medal record |
Akiko Adachi (安達 阿記子, Adachi Akiko, born 10 September 1983 [3]) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [4] She scored the game-winning goal in the final against China. [5]
She was diagnosed with macular degeneration in her right eye when she was 14 years old. When she was 20, a visual condition also developed in her left eye, causing impairment. [1] She began playing goalball in 2006, at age 23. [2]