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Hirooki Arai

1988 - Today

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Hirooki Arai (荒井 広宙, Arai Hirooki; born 18 May 1988) is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He finished third in the 50-kilometre race walk event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but was subsequently disqualified following his collision in the final kilometres with Evan Dunfee of Canada, who then moved up from fourth place to claim the bronze medal. He had it given back to him after a few minutes when a Japanese appeal overturned the disqualification. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hirooki Arai is the 6,276th most popular athlete (up from 7,058th in 2019), the 4,965th most popular biography from Japan (down from 4,806th in 2019) and the 110th most popular Japanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hirooki Arai ranks 6,276 out of 6,025. Before him are Fernando Reis, Ingrit Valencia, Mira Rai, Boladé Apithy, Rayssa Leal, and Célia Aymonier. After him are Zhu Yaming, Ali Kaya, Eliza McCartney, Mario Gyr, Jorinde van Klinken, and Balázs Baji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Hirooki Arai ranks 1,468. Before him are Sarah Geronimo, Xandão, Ingrit Valencia, Jerry Akaminko, Mira Rai, and Shun Tanaka. After him are Daniel Candeias, Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin, Lukáš Trefil, Max Salminen, Rei Matsumoto, and Yuriy Logvinenko.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hirooki Arai ranks 4,978 out of 6,245. Before him are Sakura Motoki (2002), Maasa Sudo (1992), Jay Litherland (1995), Masato Sakai (1995), Ryo Miyake (1990), and Shun Tanaka (1988). After him are Yohei Iwasaki (1987), Ayumi Niekawa (1994), Akira Sone (2000), Takafumi Suzuki (1987), Naoyuki Yamada (1987), and Tomohiro Tanaka (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In Japan

Among athletes born in Japan, Hirooki Arai ranks 110. Before him are Yuki Kawata (1997), Toshikazu Yamanishi (1996), Shōta Iizuka (1991), Naoki Tsukahara (1985), Yasuaki Yamasaki (1992), and Sakura Motoki (2002). After him are Reruhi Shimizu (1993), Yumi Suzuki (1991), Mikiko Ando (1992), Takuya Haneda (1987), Ikuma Horishima (1997), and Sakura Yosozumi (2002).

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