Hiroyasu Shimizu

Hiroyasu Shimizu

Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano 500 m
2002 Salt Lake City 500 m
1998 Nagano 1000 m
World Championships
1996 Hamar 500 m
1998 Calgary 500 m
1999 Heerenveen 500 m
2000 Nagano 500 m
2001 Salt Lake City 500 m
2003 Berlin 500 m
2005 Inzell 500 m
1999 Heerenveen 1000 m
1995 Milwaukee Sprint
1996 Heerenveen Sprint
2001 Inzell Sprint
1997 Warszawa 500 m
1998 Calgary 1000 m
1993 Ikaho Sprint
1999 Calgary Sprint
2000 Seoul Sprint
Asian Games
2003 Aomori 500 m
2003 Aomori 1000 m

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

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

World records

EventTimeDateVenue
500 m35.392 March 1996Olympic Oval, Calgary
500 m35.3628 March 1998Olympic Oval, Calgary
500 m34.8228 March 1998Olympic Oval, Calgary
2x500 m68.96010 March 2001Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
500 m34.3210 March 2001Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Netherlands Gianni Romme		 Oscar Mathisen Award
2001 		Succeeded by
Netherlands Jochem Uytdehaage


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