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[[File:Beijing2008 HOKETSU Hiroshi.JPG|thumb|right|Hoketsu at Beijing Olympics]]

{{Japanese name|Hoketsu}}
{{nihongo|'''Hiroshi Hoketsu'''|法華津 寛|Hoketsu Hiroshi|born March 28, 1941 in [[Tokyo]]}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[Sportsperson|athlete]].  He is best known as an [[equestrianism|equestrian]] rider who participated in three [[Summer Olympic Games]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/equestrianism/9163646/London-2012-Olympics-Japan-hoping-stage-is-set-for-old-campaigner-Hiroshi-Hoketsus-golden-age.html  "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.</ref>

Hoketsu is the oldest Olympian to compete for Japan.<ref name="top">Topend Sports Network, [http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/japan.htm  "Japan at the Olympics"]; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref> 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''': [[1964 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<ref name="sr">Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hiroshi-hoketsu-1.html "Hiroshi Hoketsu"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318161349/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/hiroshi-hoketsu-1.html |date=2009-03-18 }}; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref>
* '''1988''': [[1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<ref>Dressage.com, [http://dressage.com/HKMail/Japan/hiroshi.html  Hiroshi Hoketsu]; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref>
* '''2008''': [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<ref name="sr"/> 
* '''2012''': [[2012 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<ref name="top"/>

==Related pages==
* [[Japan at the Olympics]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2012/03/japans-oldest-ever-olympian-heading-to-london-2012/ Hiroshi Hoketsu at ''Tokyo Weekender'']

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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan]]
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[[Category:Show jumping riders]]
[[Category:Olympic equestrians for Japan]]


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