Hiroshi Hoketsu
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File:Hiroshi Hoketsu at the 2012 Summer Olympics.jpg
Hiroshi Hoketsu at the 2012 London Summer Olympics at Greenwich Park
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Born | March 28, 1941 |
Nationality | Japan |
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1986 Seoul | Individual dressage | |
1986 Seoul | Team dressage |
Hiroshi Hoketsu (法華津 寛 Hoketsu Hiroshi?, born March 28, 1941) is a Japanese equestrian rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, finishing 40th in show jumping. Hoketsu also qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but was unable to compete when his horse was quarantined.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics on August 13, 2008 he finished 9th in the Dressage Team Grand Prix and 35th in the Dressage Individual Grand Prix.[1] In 2012, at the age of 70, Hoketsu won a berth for Japanese representation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in individual dressage [2] and in competition of equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage he finished 40th.
In his 70s, the 1968 graduate of Duke University is regarded as the "hope for old men".[2][3] He was the oldest athlete in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Hoketsu is the oldest Olympian to ever compete for Japan, and is the third oldest Olympian to compete ever, next to shooter Oscar Swahn of Sweden, who won a silver in the 1920 Summer Olympics and Arthur von Pongracz, who competed at age 72 in Dressage in 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.[4][5]
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