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{{Short description|Japanese archer (born 1985)}}
{{nihongo|'''Ryuichi Moriya'''|守屋 龍一|Moriya Ryūichi}} (born February 28, 1985, in [[Kishiwada, Osaka]]<ref>[http://www.sanspo.com/beijing2008/archery/moriya_ryuuichi.html Sanspo profile] {{in lang|ja}}</ref>) is an athlete from [[Japan]], who competes in [[archery]].

==2008 Summer Olympics==
At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]] Moriya finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points, which gave him the 22nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced [[Piotr Piątek]] in the first round. Both archers scored 109 points in the regular match, but with 10 points in the extra round against 9 from Piątek, Moriya advanced to the second round. Moriya reached the quarter-final by beating [[Wang Cheng-Pang]] (114-109) and [[Balzhinima Tsyrempilov]] (113-110). In the quarter-final [[Viktor Ruban]] was too strong with 115-106. Ruban would go on and win the gold medal in the tournament.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/224569.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Ryuichi Moriya |accessdate=2008-08-18 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907200311/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/224569.shtml |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }}, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 18 2008</ref>

Moriya won the individual men's recurve (Olympic bow) Silver Medal in the 2005 World Archery Championship in Madrid, Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.org/athlete/4099/moriya-ryuichi|title = Moriya Ryuichi}}</ref>

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese male archers]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic archers for Japan]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kishiwada, Osaka]]
[[Category:Archers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for Japan]]


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