Noriko Arai

Noriko Arai (荒井 のり子, Arai Noriko, born 1973) is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T34 sprint events.

This article is about the paralympic wheelchair racer. For the mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher, see Noriko H. Arai.
Noriko Arai
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  Japan
Paralympic Games
1996 Atlanta 100 metres - T32-33
2000 Sydney 100 metres - T34
1996 Atlanta 200 metres - T32-33
2000 Sydney 200 metres - T34
2004 Athens 200 metres - T34

Noriko competed in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Paralympics. In her first two games in 1996 and 2000 she won gold in the 100m and silver in the 200m on both occasions. She could not continue this and in 2008 had to be content with a bronze in the 200m. [1]

References
  1. profile on paralympic.org


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