Koichi Takada

Who is Koichi Takada?

Koichi Takada is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category F11 long jump and T11 sprint events.

Koichi competed in three Paralympics, his first in 1992 he won a bronze medal in the B3 long jump. After missing the 1996 games he again competed in 2000 in the long jump and 100m but won a silver medal in the 4x100m as part of the Japanese team. He again missed a Paralympics before competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where despite competing in the 100m and long jump these were the first games that Koichi failed to win a medal.