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Akira Kuroiwa

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Akira Kuroiwa (黒岩 彰, Kuroiwa Akira; born 6 September 1961) is a former speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres, after having captured two world titles at the Sprints Championships (1983 and 1987). At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Kuroiwa finished 10th in the men's 500 m. Kuroiwa, who was born in Tsumagoi, Gunma, was a coach for the Japanese team during the 1998 Winter Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Kuroiwa is the 248th most popular skater (up from 280th in 2019), the 2,900th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,493rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 248 out of 483. Before him are Ingo Steuer, Ådne Søndrål, Jan Bos, Yuka Sato, Svetlana Zhurova, and Kiira Korpi. After him are Jenny Wolf, Jeremy Wotherspoon, Anna Shcherbakova, Rintje Ritsma, Patrick Chan, and Elena Berezhnaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 786. Before him are Eva Pfaff, Chris Sawyer, Yvonne McGregor, Maurizio Milani, Basil Gorgis, and Joanna Scanlan. After him are Jean-Philippe Rohr, Kate Vernon, Scott E. Parazynski, Steve Nicol, Abdelhamid Sadmi, and Liam Fox.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 2,900 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroshi Kiyotake (1989), Shuhei Terada (1975), Kotaro Iba (1995), Saori Kimura (1986), Kota Yoshihara (1978), and Nozomi Sasaki (1988). After him are Takuya Eguchi (1987), Shinji Kaneko (1987), Inesu Emiko Takeoka (1971), Mariya Ise (1988), Daichi Suzuki (1967), and Kōhei Uchimura (1989).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Akira Kuroiwa ranks 7. Before him are Yuzuru Hanyu (1994), Midori Ito (1969), Shizuka Arakawa (1981), Mao Asada (1990), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), and Yuka Sato (1973). After him are Miki Ando (1987), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Nobunari Oda (1987), Kaori Sakamoto (2000), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), and Fumie Suguri (1980).

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