Hiroyasu Shimizu

Hiroyasu Shimizu

Medal record
Men's Speed skating
Competitor for  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold	1998 Nagano	500 m
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	500 m
Bronze	1998 Nagano	1000 m
World Championships
Gold	1996 Hamar	500 m
Gold	1998 Calgary	500 m
Gold	1999 Heerenveen	500 m
Gold	2000 Nagano	500 m
Gold	2001 Salt Lake City	500 m
Silver	2003 Berlin	500 m
Silver	2005 Inzell	500 m
Silver	1999 Heerenveen	1000 m
Silver	1995 Milwaukee	Sprint
Silver	1996 Heerenveen	Sprint
Silver	2001 Inzell	Sprint
Bronze	1997 Warszawa	500 m
Bronze	1998 Calgary	1000 m
Bronze	1993 Ikaho	Sprint
Bronze	1999 Calgary	Sprint
Bronze	2000 Seoul	Sprint

Hiroyasu Shimizu (清水宏保 in Japanese, born February 27, 1974 in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998 in the 500m and his win made him a hero in his home country. He currently holds the world record for the 100m speed skating event in 9.43 seconds. He formerly held the 500m record (34.32) but was later beaten by fellow Japanese skater Joji Kato.

He is well known for his physical handicaps, with a height of only 162 cm, and he has an asthma, for which he was featured in a commercial of an asthma drug of GlaxoSmithKline.

He married a Japanese fashion model Reiko Takagaki (高垣麗子).

World records

Event	Time	Date	Venue
500 m	0.35,39	March 2, 1996	Calgary
500 m	0.34,82	March 28, 1998	Calgary
500 m	0.34,36	March 28, 1998	Calgary
500 m	0.34,32	March 10, 2001	Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

References

• Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Data on Sports references
• Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu
• "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012. 

Awards
Preceded by Gianni Romme	Oscar Mathisen Award 2001	Succeeded by Jochem Uytdehaage