Akira Kuroiwa

Japanese speed skater (born 1961)

Akira Kuroiwa

Personal information
Born|  (1961-09-06) 6 September 1961 (age 63)
Tsumagoi, Gunma, Japan
Sport
Country|  Japan
Sport| Speed skating

Medal record

Men's speed skating
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
| 1988 Calgary | 500 metres
World Sprint Championships
| 1983 Helsinki | Sprint
| 1987 Sainte Foy | Sprint
| 1986 Karuizawa | Sprint
Asian Games
| 1986 Sapporo | 500 metres
| 1986 Sapporo | 1000 metres

Akira Kuroiwa (黒岩 彰, Kuroiwa Akira, born 6 September 1961) is a former speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres, after having captured two world titles at the Sprints Championships (1983 and 1987). At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Kuroiwa finished 10th in the men's 500 m.[1][2][3]

Kuroiwa, who was born in Tsumagoi, Gunma, was a coach for the Japanese team during the 1998 Winter Olympics.

In Japan, Kuroiwa made headlines in 2000 when he tried to shield Daisuke Matsuzaka from an illegal driving charge by taking the blame for himself.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Akira Kuroiwa". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2006.
2. ^ "Speed skater Shimizu win's Japan's first Olympic gold". shinmai.co.jp. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
3. ^ "SkateResults". skateresults.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
4. ^ "Coming to America". nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2007.

## External links

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* Akira Kuroiwa at the International Skating Union
* Akira Kuroiwa at Olympics.com
* Akira Kuroiwa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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World champions in men's sprint speed skating

* 1970: Valery Muratov
* 1971: Erhard Keller
* 1972: Leo Linkovesi
* 1973: Valery Muratov
* 1974: Per Bjørang
* 1975: Aleksandr Safronov
* 1976: Johan Granath
* 1977–80: Eric Heiden
* 1981: Frode Rønning
* 1982: Sergey Khlebnikov
* 1983: Akira Kuroiwa
* 1984: Gaétan Boucher
* 1985–86: Igor Zhelezovski
* 1987: Akira Kuroiwa
* 1988: Dan Jansen
* 1989: Igor Zhelezovski
* 1990: Bae Ki-tae
* 1991–93: Igor Zhelezovski
* 1994: Dan Jansen
* 1995: Kim Yoon-man
* 1996–97: Sergey Klevchenya
* 1998: Jan Bos
* 1999–2000: Jeremy Wotherspoon
* 2001: Mike Ireland
* 2002–03: Jeremy Wotherspoon
* 2004–05: Erben Wennemars
* 2006: Joey Cheek
* 2007–08: Lee Kyou-hyuk
* 2009: Shani Davis
* 2010–11: Lee Kyou-hyuk
* 2012: Stefan Groothuis
* 2013–14: Michel Mulder
* 2015–16: Pavel Kulizhnikov
* 2017: Kai Verbij
* 2018: Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
* 2019: Pavel Kulizhnikov
* 2020: Tatsuya Shinhama
* 2022: Thomas Krol
* 2024: Ning Zhongyan

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