Manabu Horii
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:BLP sources Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (born February 19, 1972) is a former Japanese politician and speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.[1] He ended his speed skating career in 2002.
Horii represented Noboribetsu in the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2007 to 2012. In the 2012 general election of the House of Representatives, he was elected the as LDP candidate in Hokkaido 9th district seeking to succeed retiring Democrat Yukio Hatoyama. He was nominated in July 2012 when Hatoyama was still expected to run for re-election.[2]
In July 2024, Horii left the LDP. On 28 August 2024, Horii resigned from the House of Representatives following a scandal over his giving out condolence money to constituents for funerals he did not personally attend in violation of election laws.[3]
World records
| Event | Time | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | 1:11.67 | March 1, 1996 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| Sprint combination | 143.425 | March 3, 1996 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
| 1000 m | 1:10.63 | November 22, 1997 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]
References
- Manabu Horii at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Official site, Profile Template:In lang
External links
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Japanese male speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- World record setters in speed skating
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Japanese sportsperson-politicians
- Speed skaters from Hokkaido
- Politicians from Hokkaido
- Members of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
- People from Muroran
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2017–2021
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2021–2024