Education
Kinki University.
古川 高晴
Kinki University.
He competes in archery. Furukawa competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men"s individual archery. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated.
His final rank was 22nd overall.
At the in Beijing, Furukawa finished his ranking round with a total of 663 points, which gave him the 17th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Maksim Kunda in the first round. Despite Kunda only being the 48th seed he managed to equal Furukawa and both archers scored 111 points.
In the extra round Furukawa scored 18 points, but Kunda advanced to the next round because he scored 19 points. At the in London, Furukawa finished his ranking round with a 679, good for the 5th seed in the competition bracket.
He advanced to the gold medal round, where he faced South of Korea"s Oh Jin-Hyek.
Furukawa was also a member of the 8th-place Japanese men"s archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.