Kota Hokinoue
 Kota Hokinoue (26) at the start of the 2015 London Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 March 1974 Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kota Hokinoue (洞ノ上浩太, Hokinoue Kōta, born 30 March 1974) is a Japanese wheelchair athlete.
Career
[edit]Hokinoue's career began in 2002, two years after he sustained a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident.[1]
His first marathon was at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where he placed 5th with a time of 1:23:22.[1] His marathon best is 1:22:01, which he attained at the 2011 Oensingen Wheelchair Marathon; this time became the Japanese record.[1] Hokinoue also holds Japanese records for 5000 m and 10,000 m races.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official page (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People with paraplegia
- Japanese male wheelchair racers
- Sportspeople from Fukuoka (city)
- Paralympic wheelchair racers
- Paralympic athletes for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships