Shane Williamson
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN12804199501 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 28 Apr 1995
in  Abashiri | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Nagano, JPN | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 36.09 | 29 Dec 2018 | Obihiro |
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| 1000m | 1:09.61 | 29 Dec 2018 | Obihiro |
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| 1500m | 1:44.90 | 03 Dec 2017 |  Calgary |
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| 5000m | 6:18.74 | 01 Dec 2017 | Calgary |
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| 10000m | 13:25.69 | 21 Nov 2015 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004241736626 | twitter.com/40_will |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Toshiaki Imamura [club], JPN; Johan de Wit [national], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating in 1998 at age three in Urakawa, Japan, and initially did short track. He switched to speed skating in 2012. | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He followed his older brother into the sport. | |
| Club / Team | Nidec Sankyo: Nagano, JPN |
General Interest
General Interest
| Famous relatives | His younger sister Lemi has represented Japan in speed skating, and won gold in team pursuit at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Baselga di Pine, Italy. His father is an Australian horse trainer who moved to Japan in 1994. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jan 2021; skatingjapan.or.jp, 12 Sep 2018; hybrid-horseman.com, 25 Jan 2014) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2014 he was presented with the Citizen Honorary Prize in Urakawa, Japan. (globalathlete.jp, 08 Jul 2015) In 2014 he received the Sports Honorary Award in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. (globalathlete.jp, 08 Jul 2015) In 2014 he was given an Excellence Award by the Japan Skating Federation. (globalathlete.jp, 08 Jul 2015) |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2018) | |
| Hobbies | Jigsaw puzzles, comic books. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Sep 2020) | |
| Milestones | He and teammates Riku Tsuchiya and Seitaro Ichinohe became the first male Japanese speed skaters to win a medal in team pursuit at the world single distances championships, when they claimed silver in the event at the 2020 edition in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (news.yahoo.co.jp, 07 Mar 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jan 2021) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Supplant one's superior." (nidec-sankyo.co.jp, 06 Jan 2021) | |
| Most influential person in career | Japanese speed skating coach Hiroshi Tsubaki. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Korean speed skater Lee Seung-Hoon. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Allround Championships | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 4 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 5 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 5 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 6 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 7 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 8 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 9 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 10 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 10 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | Mass Start 16 Laps | 11 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 15 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 16 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 17 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 17 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 19 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 20 | |||
| 2014 | Olympic Games | 5000m | 26 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2016/2017 | World Cup Astana | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Nagano | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Minsk | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Stavanger | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Tomakomai | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 6 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 15 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 15 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 17 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 18 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup | 1500m | 21 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 22 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 1500m | 25 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 25 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1500m | 26 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 26 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 1500m | 30 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 32 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 34 | |||
| 2013/2014 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 47 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 5000/10000m | 52 | |||