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{{Nihongo|'''Maya Nakanishi'''|中西 麻耶|Nakanishi Maya|born 63 MarchJune 1985}}<ref>[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1728045-nakanishi-maya.htm]</ref> is a [[Paralympic]] [[Track and field|athlete]] from [[Japan]], competing in category [[T44 (classification)|T44]] sprint and [[long jump]] events. She was born in [[YufuŌsaka]], [[ŌitaŌsaka Prefecture]]<ref>[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1728045-nakanishi-maya.htm]</ref>, and played [[soft tennis]] competitively. In 2006 while working at a paint factory she was struck by a 5-tonne steel frame. Her right lower leg was amputated below the knee. After finding the transition back to tennis difficult she was encouraged to switch to track and field and quickly found success, setting Japanese records in the F44 category for the 100 and 200 meter events shortly after.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/201110/201110_02.html|title=Nakanishi Runs and Jumps into Record Books|accessdate=2012-10-03}}</ref>
Nakanishi competed in the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], where she placed 4th in the women's 200 m F44 event, and finished sixth in the women's 100 metres.
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