Eiji Morioka
{{Short description|Japanese boxer (1946–2004)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}
{{MedalBronze| 1968 Mexico | Bantamweight}}
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{{Nihongo|Eiji Morioka|森岡 栄治|Morioka Eiji|June 8, 1946 – November 9, 2004}} was an Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Osaka, Japan.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/eiji-morioka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211451/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/eiji-morioka-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Eiji Morioka Olympic Results |accessdate=8 December 2018}}
Biography
Morioka won the inter-high school boxing tournament in his senior year, and entered Kinki University. He won the Japanese amateur boxing tournament four years in a row from 1965 to 1968. He was chosen as a member of the Japanese Olympic team for the 1968 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division.
He made his professional debut after graduating, but retired after it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina. His professional record was 6-4-0 (3KOs).
After retiring, he served as the commissioner of the Western Japan Boxing Commission from 1998 to 2000. He also founded a boxing gym in Kawanishi, Hyogo. He died from cancer in 2004, at 58 years of age.
His nephew, Toshiyuki Morioka, has created a movie based on his life, which was released in Japan in January 2008.
Olympic results
- 1968 won a bantamweight boxing bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics. Results were:
- Round of 32: Defeated Dominardo Calumarde (Philippines) on points (4-1)
- Round of 16: Defeated Aldo Cosentino (France) on points (4-1)
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Michael Dowling (Ireland) on points (4-1)
- Semifinal: Lost to Valeri Sokolov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5) (was awarded bronze medal)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.moriokagym.com Morioka Boxing Gym]
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Category:Deaths from cancer in Japan
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for Japan
Category:Olympic medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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