Yuki Hasegawa (wheelchair rugby)
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| birth_place = Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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| occupation = Wheelchair rugby player
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| university = Rissho University{{cite web|url=https://ris-fuku.jp/news/%E7%A4%BE%E4%BC%9A%E7%A6%8F%E7%A5%89%E5%AD%A6%E9%83%A8/937|title=社会福祉学部卒業生の長谷川勇基選手がパラリンピックで金メダル獲得! |publisher=Rissho University |date=31 December 2024 |accessdate=2 February 2025 |language=ja}}
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{{nihongo|Yuki Hasegawa|長谷川 勇基|Hasegawa Yuki|born October 5, 1992 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan}} is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player who currently plays for Société Générale Securities and the Japanese national team.{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/special/2020news/athletes/50/11.html |title=長谷川勇基のプロフィール 車いすラグビー 東京オリンピックパラリンピック |publisher=NHK |accessdate=2 February 2025 |language=ja}}
Background and career
Hasegawa graduated from Hiroshima Water Polo Club{{cite web|url=https://blog.goo.ne.jp/hiroshimawaterpolo|title=東京2020パラリンピック競技大会車いすラグビー日本代表推薦選手決定！|website=blog.goo.ne.jp|date=June 21, 2021|accessdate=June 25, 2021|language=ja}} and Hiroshima Johoku Junior and Senior High School. He joined the team in the fifth grade of elementary school and participated in the national tournament in his third year of junior high school. In his third year of high school, he fell and injured his spine, leaving him with disabilities in both his hands and legs. He began playing wheelchair rugby at the age of 20.
In 2021, Hasegawa was selected as a recommended player for the Japanese national team for the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://jwrf.jp/topics/label_representative/%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac2020%e3%83%91%e3%83%a9%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%83%94%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e6%8e%a8%e8%96%a6%e9%81%b8%e6%89%8b.php|title=東京2020パラリンピック競技大会日本代表推薦選手について JWRF 一般社団法人 日本車いすラグビー連盟|publisher=日本車いすラグビー連盟|date=June 21, 2021|accessdate=June 25, 2021|language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621182257/https://jwrf.jp/topics/label_representative/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC2020%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E6%8E%A8%E8%96%A6%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B.php}}{{cite web|url=https://rugby-rp.com/2021/08/30/japan/70350|title=【東京パラリンピック】「日本ラグビー」で2大会連続銅メダル！ 池主将のリーダーシップと仲間たち|publisher=ラグビー共和国|date=August 30, 2021|accessdate=August 30, 2021|language=ja}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Hiroshima
Category:Rissho University alumni
Category:Japanese wheelchair rugby players
Category:Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Japan
Category:Wheelchair rugby players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Japan
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:World Games silver medalists for Japan