Kurumi Inagawa
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN21704199901 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 17 Apr 1999
in  Obihiro | |
| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Obihiro, JPN | |
| Higher education | Sports Science - Daito Bunka University: Japan | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Japanese |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.36 | 27 Jan 2024 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:18.93 | 10 Feb 2013 | Obihiro |
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| 3000m | 5:03.20 | 24 Nov 2012 | Obihiro |
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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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| 500m | 1 | |||||
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | In 2019 and 2021 she sustained back injuries, needing two months to recover each time. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023, 09 Feb 2023) She suffered from a stress fracture in her right hip joint from grade six of primary school until grade eight of middle school. (Athlete, 23 Nov 2018; fujitv.co.jp, 26 Feb 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | She was influenced by her older sister. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Coach Akira Goto. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Hero / Idol | Japanese speed skater Nao Kodaira. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Toshihiko Itokawa, JPN; Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began skating at age three in Makubetsu, Japan. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Put in 100% effort." (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Hobbies | Watching movies, reading. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Ambitions | To win gold at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2023/2024 | Four Continents Championships | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2024/2025 | Four Continents Championships | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 18 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2023/2024 | Obihiro | Team Pursuit | 1 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 6 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 21 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 48 | |||