Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香, Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic Champion and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. She was the only Japanese medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
You can find people similar to Shizuka Arakawa by visiting our lists Medalists at the 2003 Winter Universiade and Universiade gold medalists for Japan.
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| Date of birth | 29 December 1981
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| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan
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| Occupation | Figure Skater, Sportscaster, Choreographer, Actress
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| Height | 5' 5" (165 cm)
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| Residence | Tokyo, Japan
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| University | Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (2000-2004)
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Shizuka Arakawa is known for her role in the TV series Bokura no jidai (2007) as Self.
She is also known for her role in the TV mini series Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (2006) as Self.
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