Tomohiro Araya
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| Born | October 22, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tomohiro Araya (Japanese: 荒谷 友碩; born October 22, 1994) is a taijiquan athlete from Japan.[1]
Career
[edit]Tomohiro made his international debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he was a double silver medalist.[2] This qualified him for the 2016 Taolu World Cup where he won a gold medal in taijijian and a bronze medal in taijiquan.[3] A year later, he was the world champion in taijijian and a bronze medalist in taijiquan at the 2017 World Wushu Championships.[4][5] At the 2018 Asian Games, he won the silver medal in men's taijiquan, earning the only medal for Japan in wushu at the games.[6]
At the 2023 World Wushu Championships, Tomohiro won bronze medals in taijiquan and taijijian.[7] Several months later, he became the Asian champion in taijijian and won a silver medal in taijiquan doubles at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "荒谷 友碩（武術太極拳）" [Araya Tomohiro, Wushu Taijiquan]. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "The 1st Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "武术世锦赛精彩回顾 | 男子太极剑冠军比赛实录（日本-荒谷友碩）" [Wushu World Championships | Men's Taijijian Men's Championships (Japan-Tomohiro Araya)]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "荒谷友碩が銀、男子太極拳・太極剣で日本選手初" [Tomohiro Araya is the first Japanese athlete to earn silver, Taijiquan / Taijiquan]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ^ "HYX 16th World Wushu Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "SJM 10th Asian Wushu Championships - Results" (PDF). Wushu Federation of Asia. 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Japanese wushu practitioners
- Wushu practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in wushu
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- World champion wushu athletes
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