JPC = Japan Paralympic Committee new race chairman Junichi Kawai November 28, 19:15
During the less than a year until the Tokyo Paralympics are held, the JPC = Japan Paralympic Committee will select a new chairperson as the athlete's perspective is important for developing parasports. Junichi Kawai, who won five gold medals in a swimming race, was selected. JPC: The chairman of the Japan Paralympic Committee is the person in charge of strengthening athletes and spreading the competition from the standpoint of the chairman.
On the 28th, the Board of Directors of the Japan Disabled Sports Association with JPC will be held privately, and JPC Chairman Yasushi Yamawaki will retire at the end of December in the middle of his term and Junichi Kawai, a Paralympic gold medalist, will be the candidate for successor. It was unanimously approved to choose Mr.
Regarding the reasons for the chairperson's change during the term of office, JPC and others have said that it is necessary to fully consider athletes' perspectives in order to develop parasports after the Tokyo Paralympics.
In the future, promoting coordination with relevant agencies, Kawai said that it will serve to prospect the January 1 next year, term of office will be until June 2021.
This is the first time that a para athlete is chairman of the JPC.
Kawai is 44 years old.
Participated in the Para-Swimming visually impaired class until the 2012 London tournament for six consecutive tournaments, winning 21 medals, including five gold medals.
After his retirement, he is the president of the “Japan Paralympians Association” made by athletes who participated in the Paralympics and the president of the “Japan Physically Disabled Swimming Association”.