is a retired Japanese speed skater.
With two silver and one bronze medals at the
World All-Round Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, ...
he has been the most successful Japanese long track speed skater in all-round competitions. He was ranked 4th on the
Adelskalender in February 1997.
[Evert Stenlund]
Evolution of Adelskalender
/ref> Shirahata established 22 national records and was nine times national all-round champion.[Keiji Shirahata]
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1973 births
Living people
Japanese male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Japan
Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
People from Kushiro, Hokkaido
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
20th-century Japanese people
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