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Kota Hokinoue

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Japan
Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T54

Further personal information

Residence
Nogata, JPN
Occupation
Athlete, Office Worker
Languages
Japanese

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began wheelchair racing in April 2002.
Why this sport?
His friend encouraged him to try the sport.
Club / Team
Yahoo Japan: Japan
Name of coach
Junichi Kobayashi [national], JPN

International debut

Year
2002
Competing for
Japan

General interest

Nicknames
Hokki (Athlete, 16 Jul 2013)
Hero / Idol
Swiss wheelchair racer Marcel Hug, British wheelchair racer David Weir. (blog.qandasports.com, 07 Aug 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Action before words and never give up." (blog.qandasports.com, 07 Aug 2015; Athlete, 24 Jan 2011)
Awards and honours
In 2008 he received a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Citation Award in Japan. (kotahokinoue.com, 2014)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal in the T54 marathon at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 22 Jul 2017)
Impairment
In March 2000 he injured his spine in a motorcycle accident. (kotahokinoue.com, 06 Sep 2010)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Marathon T54 Final Round 9
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 5000 m T54 Heat 1 3
Men's 5000 m T54 Final Round 5
Men's Marathon T54 Final Round 5
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 10000 m T53/54 Final 2011-01-22 2
Men's 5000 m T53/54 Heat 2 2011-01-24 4
Men's 1500 m T53/54 Heat 3 2011-01-25 5
Men's 5000 m T53/54 Final 2011-01-27 7
Men's Marathon T53/54 Final 2011-01-30 4
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 5000 m T54 Heat 3 2012-08-31 6
Men's Marathon T54 Final Round 2012-09-09 6
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 10000 m T54 Final 1 2013-07-20 6
Men's 5000 m T54 Semifinal 2 2013-07-23 5
Men's 5000 m T54 Final 1 2013-07-24 9
Men's Marathon T54 Final 1 2013-07-28 2
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Marathon T54 Final Round 2016-09-18 7