Kōhei Shimizu (cross-country skier)

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Kohei Shimizu Cross-country skiing
nation JapanJapan Japan
birthday 25th January 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Nayoro , Japan
Career
status active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
bronze 2009 Praz de Lys Sommand sprint
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup November 21, 2010
 Overall World Cup 159. ( 2016/17 )
 Distance World Cup 111. (2016/17)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 26, 2005
 Continental Cup victories 5 ( details )
 FEC overall rating 1. ( 2013/14 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 FEC individual race 5 6th 7th
last change: April 29, 2017

Kōhei Shimizu ( Japanese 清水 康 平 , Shimizu Kōhei ; born January 25, 1989 in Nayoro ) is a Japanese cross-country skier .

Career

Shimizu has mainly participated in the Far East Cup since 2005 . He has achieved 18 podium finishes so far, including five wins, and won the overall standings in the 2013/14 season. (As of February 18, 2017) In the 2010/11 season , he finished second in the overall standings. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2008 in Mals , he finished 37th over 10 km classic and fifth in the relay. The following year he won the bronze medal in the sprint at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Praz de Lys Sommand. At the 2010 U23 World Championships in Hinterzarten , he came 31st in the skiathlon and 25th place over 15 km classic. In the cross-country world cup he made his debut at the beginning of the 2010/11 season in Gällivare and finished 21st in the relay. He ran his first individual World Cup race at the following World Cup in Davos . He achieved 65th place over 15 km classic. At the 2011 Asian Winter Games in Almaty , he won the silver medal with the relay. He also finished fourth in the sprint and over 10 km classic. In March 2011 he came at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo on the 28th place over 15 km classic, on the 15th place together with Yūichi Onda in the team sprint and on the sixth place with the relay. His best result at the U23 World Championships 2012 in Erzurum was 33rd place over 15 km classic. In December 2014 he finished 85th in the World Cup Mini Tour in Lillehammer . He got his first World Cup points in February 2017 in Pyeongchang with the 27th place in the skiathlon. At the Winter Asian Games 2017 in Sapporo , he won the bronze medal over 10 km classic and the gold medal with the relay.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 26, 2010 JapanJapan Otoineppu 10 km classic Far East Cup
2. January 6, 2011 JapanJapan Sapporo 10 km classic Far East Cup
3. 19th December 2013 Korea SouthSouth Korea Alpensia Resort 10 km classic Far East Cup
4th 20th December 2013 Korea SouthSouth Korea Alpensia Resort 15 km freestyle Far East Cup
5. 4th February 2014 Korea SouthSouth Korea Alpensia Resort 10 km classic Far East Cup

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Result team sprint WM 2011
  2. Results of the Winter Asian Games 2017