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Keiichi Suzuki (speed skater)

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Keiichi Suzuki
Suzuki in 1962
Personal information
Born (1942-11-10) November 10, 1942 (age 81)[1]
Sakhalin, Japan (now Russia)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating, sprint
ClubMeiji University
Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 West Allis Sprint

Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木 惠一, Suzuki Keiichi, born November 10, 1942) is a retired Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics in the 500 m and 1500 m events with the best result of fifth place in the 500 m in 1964.[1] He set two world records in the 500 m event in 1969–70.

Suzuki took the Athlete's Oath at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.[2]

World records

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Discipline Time Date Location
500 m 39.2 March 1, 1969 Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
500 m 38.71 March 7, 1970 Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keiichi Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Sapporo 1972. olympic.org
  3. ^ "Keiichi Suzuki". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
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