Taiki Morii (森井 大輝, Morii Taiki, born July 9, 1980) is a retired Japanese alpine skier and Paralympian.
Morii, gold medal at the 2013 IPC Para-alpine World Championships at La Molina, Spain. | |
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Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Japan | July 9, 1980
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Sport | Alpine skiing |
Event(s) | Downhill Slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super G |
Medal record Men's para alpine skiing Representing Japan Paralympic Games 2006 Turin Giant slalom, sitting 2010 Vancouver Downhill, sitting 2010 Vancouver Super-G, sitting World Championships 2013 La Molina Giant slalom, sitting 2013 La Molina Super combined, sitting 2013 La Molina Slalom, sitting 2015 Panorama Slalom, sitting 2015 Panorama Downhill, sitting |
He competed in the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States, where he placed sixth at the Slalom and eighth at the Giant slalom, sitting LW11.
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, he took the silver medal in the Giant slalom, sitting, and he placed ninth in the Downhill, fourth in the Slalom, and sixth in the Super-G, sitting.
He competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He won a silver medal in the Downhill and bronze in the Super-G, sitting. He placed seventh at the Giant slalom, seventh in the Slalom, and fourth in the Super combined, sitting.
External links
- Taiki Morii at the International Paralympic Committee (also here)
- Taiki Morii at Vancouver 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived April 8, 2010)
- Winners, Tokyo Sports Awards, sports-tokyo.info