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75-Year-Old Japanese Condition Hiroshi Hoketsu Hangs Start off the Boots on His Olympic Dream
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The Rio Bolds would take been Hoketsu’s fourth Olympic have an effect on in complicate than pentad decades.
Hiroshi Hoketsu in Metropolis, Germany – 2009 (Photo: Karsten Thormaehlen)
He made his first Athletics appearance scuttle the 1964 Tokyo Courageouss at place 23, where he competed bind show jumping. It would suit some 40-odd years earlier he would compete keep the Games correct. This repel in dressage.
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Hiroshi Hoketsu
Japanese equestrian
Hiroshi Hoketsu | |
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Hiroshi Hoketsu at the 2012 London Summer Olympics at Greenwich Park | |
| Born | (1941-03-28) March 28, 1941 (age 83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Hiroshi Hoketsu (法華津 寛, Hoketsu Hiroshi, born March 28, 1941) is a Japanese equestrian rider. His 44 years in between Olympics appearances is the longest ever [1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]He 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.[4] In 2012, at the age of 70, Hoketsu won a berth for Japanese representation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in individual dressage[5] 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".[5][6] He was the oldest athlete in the 2008 and 2012Summer Olympics. Hoketsu is the oldest Olympian to ever compete for Japan, and is the third oldest Olympian to c
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Hiroshi Hoketsu oldest '12 Olympian
LONDON -- Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan became the oldest competitor at the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday when his horse Whisper cantered into the ring at the equestrian dressage competition at Greenwich Park.
The 71-year-old Hoketsu was also the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing Games. An even greater feat may be that it's been 48 years since his first Olympic appearance. He competed in equestrian show jumping at the 1964 Tokyo Games.
"The biggest motivation I have to keep competing is that I feel I am improving," Hoketsu said.
Hoketsu scored 68.72 percent in his Grand Prix dressage test on his 15-year-old chestnut mare, putting him in the middle of the pack of the day's 25 riders and out of medal contention.
"I made two or three mistakes, which I shouldn't have," he said.
Dressage is a sort of equine ballet where the horse performs elaborate gymnastic movements to subtle cues from its rider.
After the Tokyo Games, Hoketsu stepped back from competition and earned a master's degree in economics from Duke University. Next came a business career in Japan but he still rose daily at 5 a.m. to ride before heading to the office.
After he retired, the 5-foot-6 Hoketsu renewed his Olympic equestrian aspirations and began training in earnes