Takafumi Nishitani (西谷 岳文, Nishitani Takafumi) (born January 17, 1979, in Tadaoka, Osaka) is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[1]
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| Born | January 17, 1979 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Now, Nishitani practices Keirin.
References
edit- ^ "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Speed Skating" Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on April 10, 2008)
External links
edit- Takafumi Nishitani at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Takafumi Nishitani at Olympics.com
- Takafumi Nishitani at Olympedia
- RACERPROFILE(日本語) - Keirin(競輪) (in Japanese)
- Takafumi Nishitani at the International Skating Union
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