Tomohiro Araya
Appearance
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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
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]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
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