Kota Hokinoue | |
Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
Disability: | Spinal cord injury |
Disability Class: | T54 |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1974 |
Birth Place: | Fukuoka, Japan |
is a Japanese wheelchair athlete.
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. His marathon best is 1:22:01, which he attained at the 2011 Oensingen Wheelchair Marathon; this time became the Japanese record. Hokinoue also holds Japanese records for 5000 m and 10,000 m races.