Kota Hokinoue
Japanese wheelchair racer
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Kota Hokinoue (洞ノ上浩太, Hokinoue Kōta; born 30 March 1974) is a Japanese wheelchair athlete.
Kota Hokinoue (26) at the start of the 2015 London Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 March 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {{{disability_class_type}}} | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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]