Fumio Igarashi

Fumio Igarashi (五十嵐 文男, Igarashi Fumio, November 6, 1958) is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 1977 and 1979-1981 Japanese national champion. His highest placement at the World Championships was fourth, in 1981. He placed ninth at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He was coached by Frank Carroll.

Fumio Igarashi
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1958-11-06) November 6, 1958
Tokyo, Japan
Former coachFrank Carroll
Retired1982

After retirement from competitive skating, he was employed by Dentsu, an advertising agency.[1] In addition, he worked as a skating consultant for NHK[1] until 2006.

Results
International
Event 74–75 75–76 76–77 77–78 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82
Olympics9th
Worlds7th6th8th4th9th
Skate Canada1st
NHK Trophy2nd1st1st
Nebelhorn1st
St. Gervais2nd
National
Japan Champ.3rd3rd3rd1st2nd1st1st1st

References
  1. His memoir, published in 1998


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