Japan Olympic Figure Skater
He is a two time olympic champion 2014 2018 a two time world champion 2014 2017 a four time grand prix final champion 2013 2016 a four continents champion 2020 the 2010 world junior champion the 2009 10 junior grand prix final champion.
Japan olympic figure skater. In addition to being the first woman to land the triple axel jump in competition in 1992 she made history by becoming the first woman to land a triple axel at the olympics. Figure skating is the oldest sport on the olympic winter games programme. Since becoming japan s first olympic figure skating champion at the age of 19 at sochi 2014 yuzuru hanyū has gone on to claim every world record short free and overall in his event. When the winter season comes rolling in many people switch on their tvs to watch the skating competitions and root for their favorite skaters.
There have been 271 medals 91 gold 90 silver and 90 bronze awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing national olympic committees six events have been contested but one men s special figures was discontinued after a single olympics. Figure skating is an extremely popular sport in japan. 1 board meeting the japan skating federation announced it would host the 2020 japan open at the saitama super arena on oct. Japan s yuzuru hanyu became the first figure skater ever to break the 100 points barrier in the short program competing in the men s event at the sochi 2014.
See every figure skating per. Japanese figure skating legend midori ito won the 1989 world figure skating championships and the 1992 olympic figure skating silver medal. Due to the travel restrictions currently in place only japanese skaters will contest the event this year. Figure skating has been part of the olympic games since 1908 and has been included in 25 olympic games.
Twitter is suddenly filled with various skating related tweets and when the likes of yuzuru hanyu successfully land a quadruple axel or two cheers erupt across many households. Enjoy yuzuru hanyu of japan s incredible men s free skating gold medal performance from the winter olympics 2018 at pyeongchang. 3 in a modified format. He underlined his superiority in the men s singles at pyeongchang 2018 where he became the first skater to retain the title since the usa s dick button at oslo 1952.
The two time olympic champion was named the most valuable skater during the inaugural isu skating awards on saturday night. It was contested at the 1908 london games and again in 1920 in antwerp.