Yoshihiro Kitazawa

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Yoshihiro Kitazawa Speed ​​skating
nation JapanJapan Japan
birthday 4th August 1962
place of birth Kushiro , Hokkaidō
size 168 cm
Weight 61 kg
Career
status resigned
End of career 1988
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1984 Sarajevo 500 m
 

Yoshihiro Kitazawa ( Japanese 北 沢 欣 浩 , Kitazawa Yoshihiro ; born August 4, 1962 in Kushiro , Hokkaidō ) is a former Japanese speed skater .

Kitazawa finished third in the national sprint championship in 1984 and thus qualified for the national team. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , he finished second over 500 meters and won the first ever medal for Japan in speed skating. In the competition over 1000 meters he finished 31st. The sprint world championship in the same year he finished in 22nd place. At the 1986 Winter Asian Games in Sapporo , he was able to achieve fifth place over 500 meters again. Kitazawa ended his active career in 1988.

Personal bests

route time date place
500 m 37.30 s March 18, 1985 Almaty
1000 m 1: 17.95 min December 9, 1983 Matsumoto
1500 m 2: 06.69 min December 25, 1981 Nikko
3000 m 5: 21.09 min December 9, 1979 Akanashi
5000 m 7: 34.03 min November 28, 1993 Sapporo

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personal data
SURNAME Kitazawa, Yoshihiro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 北 沢 欣 浩 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Kushiro , Hokkaidō