Masazumi Soejima

is a Japanese athlete.  He is best known as a  Paralympian Track and field competitor.  He competes in category long distance events.

Marathon
In 2011, he won the wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon.  He completed the course in 1 hour 31 minutes 41 seconds (1:31:41).  He dedicated his race to the children in Japan, who were affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.Otis, John.  A First and a Record in the Wheelchair Divisions, November 7, 2011; retrieved 2011-11-7.

Soejima won the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon in 2011.

Paralympics
Masazumi has competed in the marathon in both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics, 10000m in 2004, 5000m and 1500m in 2008.

In the 4 × 400 m relay in 2004, he won a bronze medal. International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Soejima; retrieved 2011-11-7.

References

Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese sportspeople
Category:Paralympic competitors