Keiji Shirahata
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| Born | 8 October 1973 Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keiji Shirahata (白幡 圭史, Shirahata Keiji, born 8 October 1973) is a retired Japanese speed skater.
With two silver and one bronze medals at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships he has been the most successful Japanese long track speed skater in all-round competitions. He was ranked 4th on the Adelskalender in February 1997.[1] Shirahata established 22 national records and was nine times national all-round champion.[2]
Records
Personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 37.18 | 10 August 2001 | Calgary | |
| 1000 m | 1:22.86 | 18 February 1989 | Sapporo | |
| 1500 m | 1:47.78 | 9 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 m | 3:47.00 | 1 December 2001 | Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:26.04 | 9 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | |
| 10000 m | 13:19.92 | 9 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | |
References
- ^ Evert Stenlund, Evolution of Adelskalender
- ^ Keiji Shirahata at http://www.speedskatingnews.info
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese male speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for Japan
- Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Kushiro
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- 20th-century Japanese people
- Japanese speed skating biography stubs