Masaki Fujita

Masaki Fujita
Personal information
Born (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985[1]
Wakkanai, Japan
Sport
SportPara-cycling
C3
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 3 2
Track World Championships 1 3 1
Road World Championships 1 0 0
Asian Para Games 2 0 1
Total 4 6 4
Representing  Japan
Men's para-cycling
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingKilo LC 3–4
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingIndividual pursuit LC3
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroRoad time trial C3
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingRoad time trial LC3
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonRoad time trial C3
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 ManchesterTime trial LC3
Silver medal – second place2007 BordeauxTime trial LC3
Silver medal – second place2009 Manchester3km pursuit LC3
Silver medal – second place2015 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit C3
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rio de JaneiroScratch race C3
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 NottwilRoad Race C3
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouIndividual pursuit C3
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouRoad time trial C1–3
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouRoad race C1–3
Men's paratriathlon
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Chiba CityPTS3

Masaki Fujita (born 17 January 1985) is a Japanese para-cyclist who competes in road and track events.

Career

Fujita has won five medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. Two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event, and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the road time trial C3 event.[2][3]

He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and finished in sixth place in the road race C1–3, seventh place in the road time trial C3, eighth place in the individual pursuit C3, and 14th place in the time trial C1–3 event.[1]

In October 2023, he competed at the 2022 Asian Para Games in cycling and won gold medals in the individual pursuit C3 and road time trial C1–3, and a bronze medal in the road race C1–3 events.[4]

In March 2024, he represented Japan at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and won a bronze medal in the scratch race C3 event.[5] In September 2024, he then competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in seventh place in the road time trial C3 and 15th place in the road race C1–3 events.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Masaki Fujita". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Continuing to make contributions to the Paralympics". u-tokyo.ac.jp. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Indonesia 2018: Spotlight on cycling". paralympic.org. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Ishak, Fadhli (25 October 2023). "Asian Para Games: Record breaking Bonnie, Ammar power to gold". nst.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "GB Global podiums on final day of UCI Para-cycling Track Worlds". uci.org. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.