(born February 28, 1985 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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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

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(114-109) and

Balzhinima Tsyrempilov Balzhinima Tsyrenzhapovich Tsyrempilov (russian: Бальжинима́ Цыренжа́пович Цыремпи́лов, links=no, ''Balzhinimá Tsyrenzhápovich Tsyrempílov'', born April 9, 1975 in Ulekchin, Zakamensky District, Buryatia) is ...

(113-110). In the quarter final

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was too strong with 115-106. Ruban would go on and win the gold medal in the tournament., beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 18 2008 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 {{Japan-archery-bio-stub