was a Japanese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. He competed at the 1964, 1968, and 1972

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...

in the 500 m and 1500 m events with his best result being fifth place in the 500 m in

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

. He set two world records in the 500 m event in 1969 and 1970. Suzuki took the Athlete's Oath at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside ...

Sapporo is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...

. Suzuki died from kidney failure on 21 January 2025, at the age of 82.

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

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* * 1942 births 2025 deaths Japanese male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Japan World record setters in speed skating World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists Oath takers at the Olympic Games 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Competitors at the 1968 Winter Universiade Deaths from kidney failure in Japan {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub