Takafumi Nishitani

Takafumi Nishitani

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

External links

• This article has no link in Wikidata
• RACERPROFILE(日本語) - Keirin(競輪) (in Japanese)
• Takafumi Nishitani at the International Skating Union