is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic gold medal from 1998 in the 500 m, and held the 500 m record (34.32). He married Japanese fashion model

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World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
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Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu
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1974 births Living people Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Japan Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games World record setters in speed skating Nihon University alumni Sportspeople from Hokkaido People from Obihiro, Hokkaido World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub