Japanese Ice Skater Hanyu
Figure skater hanyū yuzuru who turned 25 on december 7 has two gold medals each for the olympics and world championships and became the youngest ever recipient of the people s honor award in.
Japanese ice skater hanyu. The figure skating legend captured the men s title at the 2014 sochi olympics and 2018 pyeongchang winter games. The new book centres on all six of hanyu s entries from the 2019 autumn classic international to the four continents figure skating championships held in february this year. Yuzuru hanyu 羽生 結弦 hanyū yuzuru born december 7 1994 is a japanese figure skater who competes in the men s singles discipline.
Hanyu is the first japanese man to win an olympic gold medal in figure skating. The photobook is 144 pages long covering. Hanyu was expected to compete at the nhk trophy a grand prix series event in osaka from november 27 29. As such he is among the country s most popular athletes and endorses products from mattresses to chewing gum to a.
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. Famed japanese figure skater yuzuru hanyu s third photobook yuzu ll be back dancin on the edge3 will be released on june 19 2020 covering his 2019 2020 skating season. In presenting the honor to hanyu the isu tweeted blowing our minds and capturing our hearts every time he hits the ice here s to our newly crowned most valuable skater winner yuzuru hanyu reflecting on the honor hanyu said dedication to his craft is always on his mind. 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.