Kota Hokinoue

Kota Hokinoue (洞ノ上浩太, Hokinoue Kōta; born 30 March 1974) is a Japanese wheelchair athlete.

Kota Hokinoue

Kota Hokinoue (26) at the start of the 2015 London Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1974-03-30) 30 March 1974 (age 51) Fukuoka, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Spinal cord injury
Disability class	T54
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Japan World Para Athletics Championships 2011 Christchurch 10,000m T54 2013 Lyon Marathon T54 Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou Marathon T54 2010 Guangzhou 5000m T54

Career

Hokinoue's career began in 2002, two years after he sustained a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident.^[1]

His first marathon was at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where he placed 5th with a time of 1:23:22.^[1] His marathon best is 1:22:01, which he attained at the 2011 Oensingen Wheelchair Marathon; this time became the Japanese record.^[1] Hokinoue also holds Japanese records for 5000 m and 10,000 m races.^[1]