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SHIMAMURA Tomohiro

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Age40
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Personal Information

Family Wife Tomomi

Occupation Police Athlete

Languages Japanese

Higher education Business Administration - Senshu University: Tokyo, JPN

License number 13021984004

Club

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age 15 at Toa Gakuen High School in Tokyo, Japan.

Why this sport? He took up swimming while he was in primary school, and then got involved in basketball after starting middle school. He wanted to try as many sports as he could at high school, and he was encouraged to join a fencing club.

Handedness Right

International Debut

Year 2006

Competing for Japan

General Interest

Nicknames Shima (fencingfan.net, 25 Oct 2016)

Most influential person in career Coach Lee Wook-Jae, and his wife Tomomi. (yomiuri.co.jp, 24 Jul 2021; sports.yahoo.co.jp, 13 Mar 2021)

Injuries In 2016 he required treatment for an injury to the patellar tendon in his right knee. (sports.yahoo.co.jp, 13 Mar 2021)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Who dares wins." (fencingfan.net, 25 Oct 2016)

Other information RETIREMENT
In September 2021 he announced his retirement from competitive fencing. (nikkansports.com, 16 Sep 2021)

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