Taku Hiraoka (平岡 卓, Hiraoka Taku, born 29 October 1995) is a Japanese snowboarder, from Gose, Nara.
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| Born | October 29, 1995[1] Gose, Nara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won silver in the halfpipe at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.[2] In the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze in the halfpipe. Later in 2014, he came in second behind American Taylor Gold in the Red Bull Double Pipe.[3][4]
At the 2015 Winter X Games held in Aspen, Colorado Hiraoka won the silver medal in the Superpipe in finishing second behind American snowboarder Danny Davis' Gold medal effort.[5]
On October 27, 2020, Hiraoka was found guilty and given a 30-month suspended prison sentence in a hit and run case that occurred the previous year and had injured 6 people. Hiraoka had been driving under the influence of alcohol and fled the scene after the accident.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Taku HIRAOKA". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Crawford's World Championship silver medal". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
- ^ Nate Hoppes (March 23, 2014). "Taylor Gold Wins Red Bull Double Pipe". Redbull.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "Kelly Clark & Taylor Gold Win 2014 US Open Halfpipe Titles". 7skymagazine.ch. March 11, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "Aspen 2015 Men's Snowboard SuperPipe". Archived from the original on January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Olympic medalist Taku Hiraoka convicted in hit-and-run case". The Japan Times. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
External links
edit- Taku Hiraoka at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Taku Hiraoka at the X Games (archived)
- Taku Hiraoka at Olympics.com
- Taku Hiraoka at Olympedia
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