Hirooki Arai

Hirooki Arai
Personal information
Born (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country  Japan
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Racewalking
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro50 km walk
World Championships
2017 London50 km walk

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 for making contact 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.

Arai serves in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as a second lieutenant.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/track-field/evan-dunfee-race-walk-olympics-rio-1.3727882
  3. ↑ http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003163062


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