Renato Mizoguchi
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Renato Hiromi Gimenez Mizoguchi (Japanese: レナト ひろみ ぎめね 溝口, born September 27 1975 in Bauru, São Paulo)[1] is a Brazilian luger who competed from 2001 to 2005. He is best known for his severe injuries suffered during the homologation process of Cesana Pariol, the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in January 2005. Mizoguchi's injuries led to a donation set up by the International Luge Federation (FIL) in Germany to pay for his expenses and also to track modifications after discussion both by the FIL and the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation during 2005 with approval finally reached in October of that year.
At the
Personal life
Mizoguchi was raised in a Brazilian-Japanese family in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Following his crash, he was placed in a coma in January 2005, awaking from his coma three weeks later. He was discharged in March 2005. In October 2007, he married his longtime girlfriend from Japan in Tokyo.
References
- FIBT, FIL, and TOROC meet to modify track for safety reasons
- FIL approves track for use for the 2006 Winter Olympics
- FIL-Luge profile
- Mizoguchi awakes from coma.
- Mizoguchi discharged from hospital.
- Mizoguchi is married.
- Safety issues addressed following the unsuccessful luge homologations in January 2005.
External links
- Renato Mizoguchi at FIL
- Renato Mizoguchi at Olympics.com
- Renato Mizoguchi at Olympedia
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