Daichi Yamanaka
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN10105199001 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 01 May 1990
in  Nagano | |
| Gender | Men |
| Family | Wife Mai | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Higher education | Electronic Engineering - Nagano National College of Technology: Japan |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.06 | 14 Feb 2020 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:08.76 | 21 Mar 2015 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:45.94 | 18 Mar 2012 | Calgary |
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| 5000m | 6:59.84 | 25 Oct 2008 | Nagano |
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| 10000m | 15:55.65 | 07 Feb 2007 | Matsubara |
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Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/daichi.yamanaka.3 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Johan de Wit [national], NED | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | A friend was involved in a skating club and encouraged him to join. | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 1999 at age nine in Nagano, Japan. | |
| Club / Team | Densan: Nagano, JPN |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Outdoor activities, visiting hot springs. (ndensan.co.jp, 01 Feb 2020; skatingjapan.or.jp, 02 Jul 2020) | |
| Awards and honours | He received the Olympic Award at the 2018 ABN Sports Awards Ceremony in Japan. (abn-tv.co.jp, 07 May 2018) In 2017 he was given the Best Skater Award by the Nagano Skate Association in Japan. (skating-nsa.jp, 20 May 2018) He was named the Best New Athlete at the 2008 ABN Sports Awards Ceremony. (abn-tv.co.jp, 31 May 2014) |
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| Injuries | He has sustained an injury to his left wrist and a fracture to his rib during his career. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) | |
| Most influential person in career | Coach Masahiro Yuki. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) | |
| Hero / Idol | Japanese speed skater Hiroyasu Shimizu. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2017) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 10 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 13 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 24 | |||
| 2014 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 36 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2017/2018 | World Cup Stavanger | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 500m | 9 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 500m | 37 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 500m | 39 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | Overall | 41 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 1000m | 46 | |||
| 2012/2013 | World Cup | 1000m | 50 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 500m | 51 | |||