Hirooki Arai
Japanese racewalker (born 1988)
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Born | (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988 (age 36) Nagano Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hirooki Arai (荒井 広宙, Arai Hirooki, born 18 May 1988) is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[1]
He finished third in the 50-kilometre race walk event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but was subsequently disqualified following his collision in the final kilometres with Evan Dunfee of Canada, who then moved up from fourth place to claim the bronze medal.[2] He had it given back to him after a few minutes when a Japanese appeal overturned the disqualification.
See also
References
- Hirooki Arai at World Athletics
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Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions
- 1961–1963: Ken Matthews (GBR)
- 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR)
- 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS)
- 1970–1973: Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR)
- 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR)
- 1977–1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX)
- 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
- 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
- 1985: José Marín (ESP)
- 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
- 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
- 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
- 1993: Daniel García (MEX)
- 1995: Li Zewen (CHN)
- 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
- 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
- 2002–2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
- 2006–2008: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
- 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)
- 2012: Wang Zhen (CHN)
- 2014: Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR)
- 2016: Wang Zhen (CHN)
- 2018: Koki Ikeda (JPN)
- 1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
- 1963: István Havasi (HUN)
- 1965–1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR)
- 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG)
- 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS)
- 1977: Raúl González (MEX)
- 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX)
- 1981–1983: Raúl González (MEX)
- 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
- 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
- 1989: Simon Baker (AUS)
- 1991–1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
- 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
- 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
- 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
- 2002–2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)
- 2006–2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
- 2010: Matej Tóth (SVK)
- 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
- 2014: Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS)
- 2016: Jared Tallent (AUS)
- 2018: Hirooki Arai (JPN)
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