Daisuke Ikezaki
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Date of birthJanuary 23, 1978
Occupation(s)Wheelchair rugby player
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 Daisuke Ikezaki at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30th, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 23, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Wheelchair rugby player | ||||||||||||||||
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Daisuke Ikezaki (池崎 大輔, Ikezaki Daisuke, born January 23, 1978 in Hakodate, Hokkaido) is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player.[1] On the club level, he currently plays for the Tokyo Suns.[1]
At the age of six, Ikezaki was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an incurable disease that gradually weakens the muscles in the arms and legs.[2] In 1995, while attending Iwamizawa High School for the Disabled, he started playing wheelchair basketball, but as his arm strength gradually weakened and he was no longer able to play as well as he wanted, he switched to wheelchair rugby in 2008.[3]