Hiroyasu Shimizu
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| Born | 27 February 1974 (age 51) Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hiroyasu Shimizu (清水 宏保, Shimizu Hiroyasu; born 27 February 1974) is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic gold medal from 1998 in the 500 m, and held the 500 m record (34.32).
He was married to Japanese fashion model Reiko Takagaki.
World records
| Event | Time | Date | Venue |
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| 500 m | 35.39 | 2 March 1996 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| 500 m | 35.36 | 28 March 1998 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| 500 m | 34.82 | 28 March 1998 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| 2x500 m | 68.960 | 10 March 2001 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City |
| 500 m | 34.32 | 10 March 2001 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
References
- ^ "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiroyasu Shimizu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010.
External links
- Hiroyasu Shimizu at the International Skating Union (archived)
- Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Hiroyasu Shimizu at Olympics.com
- Hiroyasu Shimizu at Olympedia
- Hiroyasu Shimizu – Torino 2006 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Hiroyasu Shimizu – Salt Lake 2002 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Hiroyasu Shimizu – Nagano 1998 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 March 2007)