Hiroshi Hoketsu

is a Japanese athlete.  He is best known as an equestrian rider who participated in three Summer Olympic Games. "London 2012 Olympics: Japan hoping stage is set for old campaigner Hiroshi Hoketsu's golden age," The Telegraph (UK); excerpt, "... the oldest Olympian to compete at any Games for 92 years. 'The Hope of Old Men', they call him ...";  retrieved 2012-7-20.

Hoketsu is the oldest Olympian to compete for Japan.Topend Sports Network,  "Japan at the Olympics"; retrieved 2012-7-20. He is the second oldest Olympian after Oscar Swahn who was a 72-year-old Swedish shooter who won bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

International competitions
Timeline
 1964: Summer OlympicsSports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "Hiroshi Hoketsu" ; retrieved 2012-7-20.
 1988: Summer OlympicsDressage.com,  Hiroshi Hoketsu ; retrieved 2012-7-20.
 2008: Summer Olympics 
 2012: Summer Olympics

Related pages
 Japan at the Olympics

References

Other websites

 Hiroshi Hoketsu at Tokyo Weekender

Category:1941 births
Category:2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Dressage riders
Category:Japanese equestrians
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Category:Sportspeople from Tokyo
Category:Japanese show jumping riders
Category:Olympic equestrians for Japan