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==External links==
==External links==
* {{FIS snowboarder}}
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=SB&competitorid=145978&type=result Profile at FIS-Ski.com]
* {{X Games profile}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
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Revision as of 02:57, 27 October 2022

Taku Hiraoka
Personal information
Born (1995-10-29) October 29, 1995 (age 29)[1]
Gose, Nara
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Halfpipe
FIS Snowboarding World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Stoneham Halfpipe
Winter X Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aspen Superpipe
Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Innsbruck Halfpipe
New Zealand Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cardrona Halfpipe

Taku Hiraoka (平岡 卓, Hiraoka Taku, born 29 October 1995) is a Japanese snowboarder, from Gose, Nara.

He won silver in the halfpipe at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships.[2] In the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze in the halfpipe. Later in 2014, he came in second behind American Taylor Gold in the Red Bull Double Pipe.[3][4]

At the 2015 Winter X Games held in Aspen, Colorado Hiraoka won the Silver medal in the Superpipe in finishing second behind American snowboarder Danny Davis' Gold medal effort.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Taku HIRAOKA". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Crawford's World Championship silver medal". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  3. ^ Nate Hoppes (March 23, 2014). "Taylor Gold Wins Red Bull Double Pipe". Redbull.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kelly Clark & Taylor Gold Win 2014 US Open Halfpipe Titles". 7skymagazine.ch. March 11, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "Aspen 2015 Men's Snowboard SuperPipe".