Английская Википедия:Eiji Morioka
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Шаблон:Nihongo was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Osaka, Japan.[1]
Biography
Morioka won the inter-high school boxing tournament in his senior year, and entered Kinki University. He won the Japanese amateur boxing tournament four years in a row from 1965 to 1968. He was chosen as a member of the Japanese Olympic team for the 1968 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division.
He made his professional debut after graduating, but retired after it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina. His professional record was 6-4-0 (3KOs).
After retiring, he served as the commissioner of the Western Japan Boxing Commission from 1998 to 2000. He also founded a boxing gym in Kawanishi, Hyogo. He died from cancer in 2004, at 58 years of age.
His nephew, Toshiyuki Morioka, has created a movie based on his life, which was released in Japan in January 2008.
Olympic results
- 1968 won a bantamweight boxing bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics. Results were:
- Round of 32: Defeated Dominardo Calumarde (Philippines) on points (4-1)
- Round of 16: Defeated Aldo Cosentino (France) on points (4-1)
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Michael Dowling (Ireland) on points (4-1)
- Semifinal: Lost to Valeri Sokolov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5) (was awarded bronze medal)
References
External links
Шаблон:Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub
Шаблон:Japan-boxing-bio-stub
- Английская Википедия
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- 2004 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Japan
- Bantamweight boxers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Osaka
- Olympic boxers for Japan
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Japanese male boxers
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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