Tadashi Horikoshi

Tadashi Horikoshi

Personal information
Born	(1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 36) Nagano, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	T12
Event	Marathon
Medal record Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Marathon T12

Tadashi Horikoshi (堀越 信司, Horikoshi Tadashi, born 19 July 1988)^[1] is a Japanese Paralympic athlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[2][3] He also competed at the Summer Paralympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

He won bronze medals at both the 2017 and 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships in London. Domestically, he represents the NTT West Japan track and field team.^[4]

References

1. "Tadashi Horikoshi". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
2. Houston, Michael (5 September 2021). "De Rozario takes women's marathon title in thrilling finish on final day of Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
3. "Glory for Michishita, golden sweep for Hug at Tokyo in marathon". Paralympic.org. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
4. "NTT Heroes, Tadashi HORIKOSHI". NTT. Retrieved 5 July 2022.