Miwa Fukuhara

Miwa Fukuhara 1960

Miwa Fukuhara ( Japanese 福 原 美 和 , Fukuhara Miwa ; born December 13, 1944 in Ōta , Tokyo ) is a former Japanese figure skater who started in a single run .

Fukuhara became the Japanese champion in 1960 and from 1962 to 1966 . She took part in world championships seven times . Her best result was sixth place, which she achieved at the 1963 , 1964 and 1965 World Championships . It was the best placement of a Japanese woman at world championships up to that point. Fukuhara represented Japan twice at the Olympic Games . In 1960 she was 21st and in 1964 in Innsbruck she achieved fifth place, the best result of a Japanese woman in figure skating at the Olympic Games until 1992.

Results

Competition / year	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967
winter Olympics				21st				5.
World championships				14th		9.	6th	6th	6th	8th.	Z
Japanese championships	3.	2.	2.	1.	2.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	2.

• Z = withdrawn

Web links

• Miwa Fukuhara in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )