Keiichi Suzuki (speed skater)

Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木 惠一, Suzuki Keiichi, born November 10, 1942) is a retired Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics in the 500 m and 1500 m events with the best result of fifth place in the 500 m in 1964.[1] He set two world records in the 500 m event in 1969–70.

Keiichi Suzuki
Suzuki in 1962
Personal information
Born (1942-11-10) November 10, 1942[1]
Sakhalin, Japan (now Russia)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating, sprint
ClubMeiji University
Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place1970 West AllisSprint

Suzuki took the Athlete's Oath at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.[2]

World records

DisciplineTimeDateLocation
500 m39.2March 1, 1969Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
500 m38.71March 7, 1970Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keiichi Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. Sapporo 1972. olympic.org
  3. "Keiichi Suzuki". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2012.


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