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{{short description|Japanese wheelchair tennis player}}
{{Infobox wheelchair tennis player
| name                              = Satoshi Saida<br /><small>斎田 悟司</small>
| image                             = 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis - men 2.jpg
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| fullname                          = 
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| country                           = {{JPN}}
| residence                         = Mie Preti, Japan
| birth_date                        = {{birth date and age|1972|03|26}}
| birth_place                       = [[Kashiwa City]], Japan
| death_date                        = 
| death_place                       = 
| turnedpro                         = 
| retired                           = 
| plays                             = Right Handed
| careerprizemoney                  = 
| tennishofyear                     = <!-- year inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame -->
| tennishofid                       = <!-- ID from the Tennis HoF website, taken from http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/First Name-Last Name i.e. martina-navratilova, which it is all undercase letters-->
| website                           = <!-- official web site address like this: [http://www.site.com/ www.site.com] -->
| singlesrecord                     = 486–163
| singlestitles                     = 
| highestsinglesranking             = No.3 (11 August 2003)
| currentsinglesranking             = No.23 (18 September 2017)
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| WheelchairTennisMastersresult     = 
| Paralympicsresult                 = 
| doublesrecord                     = 446–99
| doublestitles                     = 
| highestdoublesranking             = No.'''1''' (18 November 2002)
| currentdoublesranking             = No.28 (18 September 2017)
| grandslamsdoublesresults          = 
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult       = '''W''' (2008)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult           = 
| WimbledonDoublesresult            = '''W''' (2006)
| USOpenDoublesresult               = '''W''' (2007)
| OthertournamentsDoubles           = <!-- adds a "Other doubles tournaments" title -->Yes
| WheelchairTennisMastersDoublesresult   = '''W''' (2003, 2004)
| ParalympicsDoublesresult          = [[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|20px]] '''Gold Medal''' (2004)<br />[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|20px]] Bronze Medal (2008, 2016)
| WheelchairWorldTeamCupresult      = 
| updated                           = <!-- adds date this template was last updated at an individual article -->
| medaltemplates                    =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[wheelchair tennis]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Men's doubles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio]] | [[Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Men's doubles]] }}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Satoshi Saida'''|斎田 悟司|Saida Satoshi|born March 26, 1972 in [[Yokkaichi, Mie]]}} is a Japanese pioneering [[wheelchair tennis]] player and [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] gold medalist ([[Wheelchair Tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Men's doubles]] with [[Shingo Kunieda]]).

Saida, a big [[baseball]] enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of bone cancer at age twelve.<ref name="ufj">{{cite web |title=MUFG; Vol.6 Satoshi Saida As long as I continue to be my toughest critic, I can continue to evolve as a player |url=https://www.mufg.jp/english/csr/contribution/charity/pis/story6/index.html |website=Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> At first, he used to play [[wheelchair basketball]] with his friends.<ref name=ufj/><ref>{{cite web |title=Wheelchair tennis great Kunieda talks about past, present and future after retirement |url=https://www.paralympic.org/feature/wheelchair-tennis-great-kunieda-talks-about-past-present-and-future-after-retirement |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  Saida started his career in wheelchair tennis when he was fourteen years old.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satoshi Saida Tennis Player Profile |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/satoshi-saida/800183524/jpn/wct/S/overview/ |website=International Tennis Federation |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref>

As a competitor, his first Paralympics was the [[1996 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Atlanta]], [[United States|USA]]; at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics|succeeding games]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], he got eighth place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Satoshi Saida - Wheelchair Tennis {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/satoshi-saida |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  With [[Shingo Kunieda]], he participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], and won the men's doubles event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Athens 2004 - wheelchair-tennis - mens-doubles |url=https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-tennis/mens-doubles |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=11 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The two competed together again at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing Games]] and took bronze in the doubles event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Doubles – Open Bronze Medal Match |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |year=2008 |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/WT/C73B/WTM002102.pdf |accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{ITF profile|satoshi-saida/800183524/jpn}}
* {{IPC profile|satoshi-saida}}

{{Footer Paralympic Champions Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles}}
{{Australian Open Wheelchair tennis men's doubles champions}}
{{Wimbledon wheelchair tennis men's doubles champions}}
{{US Open Wheelchair tennis men's doubles champions}}
{{Wheelchair Tennis Masters Men's Doubles}}

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[[Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics]]
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[[Category:Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Yokkaichi]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games]]


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