Old Matsu Kazuyoshi - Oimatsu Kazukichi

Japanese: 老松一吉 - おいまつかずきち
Old Matsu Kazuyoshi - Oimatsu Kazukichi

...But it was after World War II that the sport saw remarkable development. Past international-level athletes include Kazuyoshi Oimatsu, Ryuichi Obitani, and Etsuko Inada, who were active as Olympic representatives before the war, Nobuo Sato, who won 10 consecutive Japanese championships from 1957, Miwa Fukuhara, who placed 5th at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, Minoru Sano, the first Japanese to place 3rd at the 1977 World Championships, and Emi Watanabe, who placed 3rd at the 1979 World Championships and 6th at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. In recent years, Midori Ito (1989 World Championship winner, 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics silver medalist) and Yuka Sato (1994 World Championship winner) have shown remarkable success on the international stage.
[Events and Competition Methods]
The standard size of the stadium is 60m x 30m.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oimatsu Kazuyoshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし著しい発展をみたのは第2次大戦後である。歴代の国際級選手には,戦前にオリンピック代表として活躍した老松一吉,帯谷竜一,稲田悦子,57年から日本選手権10連勝の佐藤信夫,64年のインスブルック冬季オリンピック大会5位の福原美和,77年の世界選手権で日本人として初めて3位となった佐野稔,79年の世界選手権3位,80年のレーク・プラシッド冬季オリンピック大会6位の渡部絵美らがおり,近年では伊藤みどり(1989年世界選手権優勝,92年アルベールビル冬季オリンピック銀メダル),佐藤有香(1994年世界選手権優勝)が国際舞台でめざましい活躍をみせた。
[競技種目と競技方法]
 競技場は60m×30mの広さを標準としている。…

※「老松一吉」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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