Wataru Morishige

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

Wataru Morishige
Personal information
Born (2000-07-17) July 17, 2000
Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)500 m
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Beijing500 m
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Heerenveen500 m
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2023 Lake Placid 500 m

Career

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

Personal records[3]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m33.995 December 2021Salt Lake City
1000 m1:08.5930 December 2021Nagano
1500 m1:51.3521 October 2018Nagano
3000 m4:04.334 November 2019Obihiro

References

  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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