Japanese goalball player
Yuka Naoi (直井 由香, Naoi Yuka, born 17 March 1963[2]) is a Japanese retired goalball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics with the Japanese team[3] which also included her twin sister Yuki Naoi.[4]
Like Yuki, she has retinitis pigmentosa. She developed symptoms when she was 20,[5] and began playing goalball in around 1997.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Athens2004 Athletes" (PDF). Japanese Para-Sports Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Naoi Yuki". 2008 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Yuka Naoi". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ a b "挑戦!アテネパラリンピック-ゴールボール選手 直井由香(なおいゆか)さん". Normalization (in Japanese). 24 (276). July 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "視覚障害ある双子・直井さん、パラリンピック出場". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 June 2004. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2020.