Hirooki Arai
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Hirooki Arai ( Japanese 荒 井 広 宙 , Arai Hirooki; born May 18, 1988 in Nagano Prefecture ) is a Japanese walker .
In the 50 km walk he was tenth at the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu , eleventh in Moscow in 2013 and fourth in Beijing in 2015 . At the 2017 World Championships in London , Arai won the silver medal in 50km walking. He celebrated the greatest success of his career to date by winning the bronze medal in 50 km walking at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Personal bests
- 20 km walking : 1:19:25 h, February 19, 2017, Kobe
- 50 km walking: 3:40:20 h, April 19, 2015, Wajima
Web links
- Hirooki Arai in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 陸上 競 歩 荒 井 広 宙 . (No longer available online.) Ground Self-Defense Forces , archived from the original on September 29, 2015 ; Retrieved September 28, 2015 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Arai, Hirooki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 荒 井 広 宙 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese walker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagano Prefecture |