Japanese Male Skater Olympics

Japan s yuzuru hanyu became the first repeat olympic gold medalist in men s singles figure skating since dick button in 1952.

Japanese male skater olympics. Japan competed at the 2018 winter olympics in pyeongchang south korea from 9 to 25 february 2018 with 124 competitors in 13 sports they won 13 medals in total four gold five silver and four bronze ranking 11th in the medal table six medals of those were won in the speed skating events. Figure skating has been part of the olympic games since 1908 and has been included in 25 olympic games. Later he also coached kim yuna and yuzuru hanyu to their olympic gold. At number 8 in the top 10 greatest male figure skaters of all time is brian orser from canada.

Japan s team consisted of 136 athletes in all 15 sports. 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. The 19 year old japanese star yuzuru hanyu has become the youngest skater for 66 years to take gold in the men s figure skating despite falling twice in his final performance. Moscow as usual a winnie the pooh doll sat rinkside to reassure japan s yuzuru hanyu the reigning men s olympic figure skating champion and perhaps the greatest skater of any era.

Ski jumper noriaki kasai was chosen to be the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. One of the prominent stars of canadian figure skating brian is a two time olympic silver medalist 1987 world champion and eight times canadian national champion. Yuma kagiyama 鍵山 優真 kagiyama yūma born may 5 2003 is a japanese figure skater he is the 2020 four continents bronze medalist the 2020 youth olympic champion the 2020 world junior silver medalist the 2019 20 japanese junior national champion and the 2019 20 japanese national bronze medalist. 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.