Hiroshi Nagakubo
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is a Japanese retired pair skater who now works as a coach. He is one of the more successful coaches in Japan. As a skater, he is the 1967-1971 Japanese national champion
with partner Kotoe Nagasawa
. They placed 16th at the 1972 Winter Olympics
.
His current students include Akiko Suzuki
and Kensuke Nakaniwa
. His former students include Shizuka Arakawa
and Takeshi Honda
.
Japan Figure Skating Championships
The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been held...
with partner Kotoe Nagasawa
Kotoe Nagasawa
is a Japanese pair skater who now works as a coach. She competed with Hiroshi Nagakubo. They placed 16th in the 1972 Winter Olympic Games. They are five-time Japanese National Champions.-Competitive highlights:- External links :*...
. They placed 16th at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Figure skating was contested at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games . The competition took place at the Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink.Results of both the men's and ladies' singles events were dominated by placements in the compulsory figures, which at this time were nominally worth 50% of the total...
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His current students include Akiko Suzuki
Akiko Suzuki
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2010 Japanese national silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2009 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Winter University Games Champion....
and Kensuke Nakaniwa
Kensuke Nakaniwa
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the Japanese national championships and the 2005 silver medalist. His programs are choreographed by David Wilson.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:-External links:...
. His former students include Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawa
is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2006 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles 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...
and Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda
in Kōriyama, Fukushima is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist , two-time Four Continents champion , and six-time Japan national champion.-Biography:...
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Competitive highlights
with Kotoe Nagasawa| Event | 1967-1968 | 1968-1969 | 1969-1970 | 1970-1971 | 1971-1972 |
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| Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating... |
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| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
16 | 15 | |||
| Japanese Championships | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |