Wataru Morishige

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Wataru Morishige
Personal information
Born (2000-07-17) July 17, 2000 (age 24)
Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating
Event500 m
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing 500 m
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Heerenveen 500 m
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lake Placid 500 m
Four Continents Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Salt Lake City 500 m

Wataru Morishige (Japanese: 森重航, born 17 July 2000) is a Japanese speed skater who represented Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

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Morishige competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 500 metres and won a bronze medal with a time of 34.50 seconds.[1][2]

Personal records

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Personal records[3]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 33.99 5 December 2021 Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:08.59 30 December 2021 Nagano
1500 m 1:51.35 21 October 2018 Nagano
3000 m 4:04.33 4 November 2019 Obihiro

References

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  1. ^ "Wataru Morishige". olympics.com. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Olympics Live: Speedskater Gao Tingyu wins gold for China". inquirer.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ "Wataru Morishige". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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