Hiroyasu Shimizu

Hiroyasu Shimizu

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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

Event	Time	Date	Venue
500 m	35.39	2 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary
500 m	35.36	28 March 1998	Olympic Oval, Calgary
500 m	34.82	28 March 1998	Olympic Oval, Calgary
2x500 m	68.960	10 March 2001	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
500 m	34.32	10 March 2001	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

• Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Data on Sports references
• Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu

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