Masakazu Kagiyama
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| Born | April 12, 1971 Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Japanese name | |||||
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| Kanji | 鍵山正和 | ||||
| Kana | かぎやま まさかず | ||||
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Masakazu Kagiyama (鍵山 正和, Kagiyama Masakazu; born April 12, 1971) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitive figure skater. He is the 1989 World Junior bronze medalist and a three-time Japanese national champion. He placed 13th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.[1] After retiring from competition, Kagiyama became a coach.[2]
He is the father and coach of Japanese figure skater, Yuma Kagiyama.[3]
Competitive highlights
| International | |||||||
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| Event | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 |
| Olympics | 13th | 12th | |||||
| Worlds | 10th | 19th | 8th | 6th | |||
| Skate Canada | 10th | ||||||
| Nations Cup | 10th | ||||||
| Int. de Paris | 8th | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 8th | 11th | 4th | 6th | 4th | ||
| Piruetten | 4th | ||||||
| Prague Skate | 1st | ||||||
| Universiade | 3rd | ||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 10th | 3rd | |||||
| National | |||||||
| Japan Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Japan Junior | 1st | 1st | |||||
References
- ^ "Masakazu Kagiyama". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017.
- ^ "鍵山正和インストラクターの経歴". toyama-skate.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (August 15, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama looks to continue father's legacy". The Japan Times.