Takafumi Nishitani

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.[1]

Takafumi Nishitani

Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's short track speed skating
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	500 m
World Championships
	2000 Sheffield	5000m relay
	1999 St. Louis	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

Now,Nishitani is a professional racing cyclist(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 International Olympic Committee
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympic Channel
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympedia
• Takafumi Nishitani at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• RACERPROFILE(日本語) - Keirin(競輪)