Kōichirō Morioka

Kōichirō Morioka

Kōichirō Morioka in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1985-04-02) April 2, 1985 Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Athletics
Event	50 km walk

Kōichirō Morioka (森岡 紘一朗, Morioka Kōichirō, born 2 April 1985 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese race walker. He has enjoyed success at University and regional levels, having won two bronze medals at both the Summer Universiade (2005, 2007) and the Asian Games (2006, 2010). Morioka has competed at the four World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011) and has twice represented Japan at the Summer Olympics (2008, 2012). He also won a silver medal at the 2009 East Asian Games.

He walked an Asian record of 39:07.84 minutes for the 10,000 km track walk in 2010, which was broken two years later by Wang Zhen. He also set a new personal best at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2004	Asian Junior Championships	Ipoh, Malaysia	5th	10,000 m	43:33.73
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	10,000 m	41:14.61
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	29th	20 km	1:27:08
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	3rd	20 km	1:25:18
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	31st	20 km	1:24:44
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	20 km	1:23.17
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	11th	20 km	1:24:46
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd	20 km	1:25:10
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th	20 km	1:21:57
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th	20 km	1:21:48
			18th	50 km	3:56:21
	East Asian Games	Hong Kong	2nd	20 km	1:26:47
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	20th	20 km	1:26:36
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	3rd	50 km	3:47:41
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	6th	50 km	3:46:21
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	38th	20 km	1:24:44
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	50 km	3:43:14

References

• Kōichirō Morioka at World Athletics