# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroyasu-shimizu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:10.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroyasu-shimizu"
name: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
slug: "hiroyasu-shimizu"
description: "Hiroyasu Shimizu  is a Japanese speed skater. A five-time world champion in the 500 meters, Shimizu became the first Japanese speed skater to win a gold medal with his performance at the 1998 Winter Olympics. At the 1998 World Championships, Shimizu set a world record (34.82) and became the first person to break the 35-second barrier in the event. Shimizu later broke this record at the 2001 World Championships with a time of 34.42."
tagline: "Japanese Olympic speed skater"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiroyasu_Shimizu.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1974-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.42
  momentum:             9.39108119290163
  historical:           16.722868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 186
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shimizuhiroyasu"
    handle:    "shimizuhiroyasu"
sources:
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    title: "清水宏保"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "시미즈 히로야스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
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    title: "Hiroyasu Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump