Miwa Fukuhara

Miwa Fukuhara (福原 美和, Fukuhara Miwa, born December 13, 1944) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Winter Universiade champion[1] and a six-time Japanese national champion. She finished 21st in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, and 5th in the 1964 Winter Olympic Games.[2]

Miwa Fukuhara
Miwa Fukuhara at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1944-12-13) December 13, 1944
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Former skating clubFujimura Junior High School, Tokyo
Waseda University
Retired1967

After retiring from competition, Fukuhara became a coach.[3] She is a member of the founding family of Shiseido.

Competitive highlights
International
Event 56–57 57–58 58–59 59–60 60–61 61–62 62–63 63–64 64–65 65–66 66–67
Olympics21st5th
Worlds14th9th6th6th6th8thWD
Universiade1st1st
National
Japanese3rd2nd2nd1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st2nd
WD = Withdrew

References
  1. "1960-2015 Statistics Winter Universiades" (PDF). International University Sports Federation / sport.fi. January 1, 2016. pp. 54–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2017.
  2. "Miwa Fukuhara". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
  3. "Member list" (in Japanese). Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.
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