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Takafumi Nishitani

Personal information
Born	(1979-01-17) January 17, 1979 (age 45) Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 500 m World Championships 2000 Sheffield 5000m relay World Team Championships 1999 St. Louis Team 2004 Saint Petersburg Team Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori 500 m 2003 Aomori 5000 m relay Winter Universiade 1999 Poprad-Tatry 5000 m relay 2001 Zakopane 500 m 1999 Poprad-Tatry 3000 m 1999 Poprad-Tatry 500 m 2001 Zakopane 5000 m relay

Takafumi Nishitani (西谷 岳文, Nishitani Takafumi) (born January 17, 1979, in Tadaoka, Osaka) is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

Now, Nishitani practices Keirin.

References

1. "1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano, Japan – Speed Skating" Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on April 10, 2008)

External links

• Takafumi Nishitani at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympics.com
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympedia
• RACERPROFILE(日本語) - Keirin(競輪) (in Japanese)
• Takafumi Nishitani at the International Skating Union

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• Japanese male short-track speed skaters
• Olympic short-track speed skaters for Japan
• Olympic gold medalists for Japan
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• Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
• Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
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• Short-track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
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• Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating
• World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
• People from Tadaoka, Osaka
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
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• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
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