Hiroyasu Shimizu
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Man's Speed Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | 500 m | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 1,000 m | |
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | 500 m | |
Hiroyasu Shimizu (清水宏保 in Japanese, born February 27, 1974 in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic Gold medal from 1998. 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.
| Olympic champions in men's 500 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Charles Jewtraw | 1928: Bernt Evensen / Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Finn Helgesen | 1952: Ken Henry | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin | 1960: Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Terry McDermott | 1968: Erhard Keller | 1972: Erhard Keller | 1976: Yevgeny Kulikov | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Sergey Fokichev | 1988: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1992: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1994: Alexander Golubev | 1998: Hiroyasu Shimizu | 2002: Casey FitzRandolph | 2006: Joey Cheek |
| Preceded by Gianni Romme |
Oscar Mathisen Award 2001 |
Succeeded by Jochem Uytdehaage |
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