Shizuka Arakawa
File:Shizuka Arakawa.jpg
Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawa (Japanese: 荒川 静香) is a figure skater from Japan. She went to the Olympics in 1998 for the first time at age 16. They were held in Nagano, Japan. She won the gold medal in single skating at the Olympics in 2006. That was the only medal for Japan at the 2006 Olympics. She also won the World Championships in 2004.
Shizuka Arakawa Media
- Donut spin.jpg
Arakawa performs a donut spin at the 2003 Skate Canada International in her free skate to Violin Fantasy on the opera Turandot.
- Shizuka Arakawa 2004 NHK Trophy.jpg
Arakawa performs a Kerrigan spiral in her exhibition to "Memory" from Cats at the 2004 NHK Trophy.
- 2004 NHK Trophy Ladies Podium.jpg
Arakawa on the podium at the 2004 NHK Trophy.
Other websites
- Shizuka-Arakawa.com
- International Skating Union page Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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