Japanese equestrian hiroshi hoketsu olympics
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Japanese equestrian hiroshi hoketsu olympics
Hiroshi Hoketsu
Japanese equestrian
Hiroshi Hoketsu | |
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Hiroshi Hoketsu at the London Summer Olympics at Greenwich Park | |
| Born | () March 28, (age&#;83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Hiroshi Hoketsu (法華津 寛, Hoketsu Hiroshi, born March 28, ) is a Japanese equestrian rider.
His 44 years in between Olympics appearances is the longest ever [1][2][3]
Biography
He competed in the Summer Olympics, finishing 40th in show jumping.
Hoketsu also qualified for the Summer Olympics, but was unable to compete when his horse was quarantined.
At the Summer Olympics on August 13, , he finished 9th in the Dressage Team Grand Prix and 35th in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix.[4] In , at the age of 70, Hoketsu won a berth for Japanese representation for the Summer Olympics in individual dressage[5] and in competition of equestrian at the Summer Olympics – Individual dressage he finished 40th.
In his 70s, the graduate of Duke Unive