Satoshi Saida
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Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of bone cancer at age twelve.[1] At first, he used to play wheelchair basketball with his friends.[1][2] Saida started his career in wheelchair tennis when he was fourteen years old.[3]
As a competitor, his first Paralympics was the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, USA; at the succeeding games in Sydney, Australia, he got eighth place.[4] With Shingo Kunieda, he participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, and won the men's doubles event.[5] The two competed together again at the 2008 Beijing Games and took bronze in the doubles event.[6]
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