About Taku Hiraoka
Born 1995. Taku Hiraoka is a Japanese snowboarder.
is a Japanese snowboarder, from Gose, Nara.
He won silver in the halfpipe at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze in the halfpipe. Later in 2014, he came in second behind American Taylor Gold in the Red Bull Double Pipe.
At the 2015 Winter X Games held in Aspen, Colorado Hiraoka won the silver medal in the Superpipe in finishing second behind American snowboarder Danny Davis' Gold medal effort.
On October 27, 2020, Hiraoka was found guilty and given a 30-month suspended prison sentence in a hit and run case that occurred the previous year and had injured six people. Hiraoka had been driving under the influence of alcohol and fled the scene after the accident.
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Who is Taku Hiraoka?
Japanese snowboarder
When was Taku Hiraoka born?
Taku Hiraoka was born on 29 October 1995 in Gose.
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Taku Hiraoka is a snowboarder.
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Taku Hiraoka is Japanese.
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