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Hiroyasu Shimizu

1974 - Today

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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 to Japanese fashion model Reiko Takagaki. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroyasu Shimizu is the 275th most popular skater (down from 274th in 2019), the 3,091st most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,453rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Hiroyasu Shimizu ranks 275 out of 483Before him are Tessa Virtue, Miki Ando, Denis Petrov, Povilas Vanagas, David Pelletier, and Tanith Belbin White. After him are Chun Lee-kyung, Lyudmila Prokasheva, Oksana Kazakova, Arianna Fontana, Bob de Jong, and Evgenia Medvedeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Hiroyasu Shimizu ranks 793Before him are Ludmila Formanová, Marcus Ehning, Jeppe Kofod, Urmila Matondkar, Philippe Léonard, and Roman Hamrlík. After him are Naoki Matsuyo, Lhakpa Sherpa, Dmitri Torgovanov, Ömer Çatkıç, Greg Vanney, and Isaiah Mustafa.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyasu Shimizu ranks 3,098 out of 6,245Before him are Takahiro Shimotaira (1971), Hisako Kanemoto (1987), Shokichi Sato (1971), Eleanor Matsuura (1983), Shigenori Hagimura (1976), and Hitomi Shimatani (1980). After him are Akiko Hayakawa (1950), Koki Uchiyama (1990), Nao Tōyama (1992), Karina Maruyama (1983), Masaaki Higashiguchi (1986), and Kenji Oba (1967).

Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Hiroyasu Shimizu ranks 9Before him are Shizuka Arakawa (1981), Mao Asada (1990), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Yuka Sato (1973), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), and Miki Ando (1987). After him are Nobunari Oda (1987), Kaori Sakamoto (2000), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), Fumie Suguri (1980), Tomomi Okazaki (1971), and Nao Kodaira (1986).