is a

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speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who specializes in sprint distances.

Career

Kamiya competed in the

2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games. Schedule Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org Medal summary Men's ...

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and finished 19th in the 1000m event. She was part of the Japanese team, with Maki Tsuji and

Nao Kodaira Nao Kodaira ( ja, 小平奈緒; born 26 May 1986) is a Japanese former long track speed skater who specialised in the sprint distances. She is the 2018 Olympic champion in the 500 m distance. Kodaira is the first Japanese woman to win an Olym ...

, that won the

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at the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 and set a new world record of 1:26.82. Kamiya finished fourth at the 500m event of the

2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 The third competition weekend of the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in Eisstadion Inzell in Inzell, Germany, from Friday, 4 December, until Sunday, 6 December 2015. There were no world records over the weekend. Multiple winners ...

Personal records

References

External links

Eurosport profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamiya, Erina 1992 births Living people Japanese female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Japan 21st-century Japanese women