(born February 28, 1985 in
Kishiwada, Osaka
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,853 in 88598 households and a population density of 2600 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is well known for its Danjiri Mat ...
) is an athlete from
Japan, who competes in
archery.
2008 Summer Olympics
At the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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Moriya finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points, which gave him the 22nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced
Piotr Piątek in the first round. Both archers scored 109 points in the regular match, but with 10 points in the extra round against 9 from Piątek, Moriya advanced to the second round. Moriya reached the quarter final by beating
Wang Cheng-Pang
Wang Cheng-pang (; born 12 January 1987) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei.
2004 Summer Olympics
Wang competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual ...
(114-109) and
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov (113-110). In the quarter final
Viktor Ruban
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was too strong with 115-106. Ruban would go on and win the gold medal in the tournament.
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Moriya won the individual men's recurve (Olympic bow) Silver Medal in the 2005 World Archery Championship in Madrid, Spain.
References
1985 births
Living people
Japanese male archers
Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic archers of Japan
People from Kishiwada, Osaka
Archers at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Japan
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