Kentaro Minagawa
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His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant slalom.[2][3]
Since the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup he has been participating regularly in World Cup races, nine times ranking in the top ten.[4] Shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics he ranked 4th in Wengen, Switzerland. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he also ranked 4th, the best result of a Japanese skier since Chiharu Igaya's silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[5]
In June 2009, he married Japanese popular freestyle skier, Aiko Uemura.[6]
Notes and references
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- ↑ Olympians Aiko Uemura and Kentaro Minagawa Ties the Knot Template:Webarchive accessed 2010-06-09
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Japanese male alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers for Japan
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Skiers from Niigata Prefecture
- Nippon Sport Science University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen