Wataru Morishige

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|17}}

| birth_place = Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan

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| event = 500 m

| height = 1.73 m

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Wataru Morishige ({{langx|ja|森重航}}, born 17 July 2000) is a Japanese speed skater who represented Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Morishige competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the 500 metres and won a bronze medal with a time of 34.50 seconds.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/speed-skating/athlete-profile-n1042233-wataru-morishige.htm |title=Wataru Morishige |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |access-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302154231/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/speed-skating/athlete-profile-n1042233-wataru-morishige.htm |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|title=Olympics Live: Speedskater Gao Tingyu wins gold for China|url=https://www.inquirer.com/wires/ap/olympics-live-no-hearing-until-sunday-russias-valieva-20220212.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=inquirer.com|language=en}}

Personal records

{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref={{cite web|title=Wataru Morishige |url=https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=36908 |website=SpeedskatingResults.com |accessdate=23 November 2022}}}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|33.99|5 December 2021|Salt Lake City||}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:08.59|30 December 2021|Nagano|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:51.35|21 October 2018|Nagano|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:04.33|4 November 2019|Obihiro||}}

References

External links

{{ISU speed skater|1933337}}
{{Sports links}}
{{Team Japan|olympic/beijing_winter/sports/speed/team/morishigewataru}}
{{Team Japan|asia/2025/sports/speed/team/morishigewataru}}
[https://wrs.harbin2025.com/athlete/NzEwMjIzNA==?Discipline=SSK Wataru Morishige] at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Japanese male speed skaters

Category:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists

Category:Olympic speed skaters for Japan

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan

Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating

Category:Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan

Category:Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating

Category:Competitors at the 2023 Winter World University Games