Daisuke Takahashi
Figure skating, Olympic athlete
1986 –
Who is Daisuke Takahashi?
Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, a two-time World silver medalist, a two-time Four Continents Champion, and a five-time Japanese national champion.
Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for Japan in the men's singles event. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012-2013 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1986
Kurashiki - Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Kansai University
(2004 - )
- Kansai University
- Lived in
- Okayama Prefecture
- Amagasaki
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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