Mayumi Tsuchida

Mayumi Tsuchida (born 11 March 1977) is a Japanese wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team and the club Scratch (since 2018). In 2021 she competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Life.
During her second year at university, after having a backache, she was diagnosed with a congenital hip impairment. She had wanted to become a personal trainer, but this was not possible because of problems moving her lower limbs. She learned about wheelchair basketball at a gym. 
She started competing in wheelchair basketball in 2009. She made her debut for the national team at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Birmingham, where the team finished seventh. In 2013 she became "Most Valuable Player" at the 2013 All Japan Championships. At the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, she finished 9th. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. In September 2018 she moved to the Netherlands to train with the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team.