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Hiroyasu Shimizu

Personal information
Born	27 February 1974 (1974-02-27) (age 50) Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 500 m 2002 Salt Lake City 500 m 1998 Nagano 1000 m World Single Distance Championships 1996 Hamar 500 m 1998 Calgary 500 m 1999 Heerenveen 500 m 2000 Nagano 500 m 2001 Salt Lake City 500 m 1999 Heerenveen 1000 m 2003 Berlin 500 m 2005 Inzell 500 m 1997 Warszawa 500 m 1998 Calgary 1000 m World Sprint Championships 1995 Milwaukee Sprint 1996 Heerenveen Sprint 2001 Inzell Sprint 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, 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 Japanese fashion model Reiko Takagaki.

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

1. "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

• Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• 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.
• Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu
• "Hiroyasu Shimizu". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

External links

• Hiroyasu Shimizu at the International Skating Union
• Hiroyasu Shimizu at Olympics.com

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

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Japanese male speed skaters
• Olympic speed skaters for Japan
• Olympic gold medalists for Japan
• Olympic silver medalists for Japan
• Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
• Olympic medalists in speed skating
• Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Asian Games medalists in speed skating
• Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
• Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
• Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
• World record setters in speed skating
• Nihon University alumni
• Speed skaters from Hokkaido
• People from Obihiro
• World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
• World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists