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Chiharu Igaya, OLY (猪谷 千春, Igaya Chiharu, born May 20, 1931) is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Winter Olympics ( 1952 , 1956 , 1960 ).
Participated in three editions of the Olympic Winter Games: Oslo 1952, Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 and Squaw Valley 1960; Olympic Silver medallist in slalom (alpine skiing), Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956; won several Japanese and US national skiing championships as well as many other international competitions.
Chiharu Igaya (猪谷 千春 born May 20, 1931) is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic silver medallist from Japan. The first notable alpine racer from Asia, he competed at the Winter Olympics in 1952, 1956, and 1960.
Chiharu Igaya is Japan’s first, and as of 2009, only, Olympic medallist in alpine skiing. A slalom specialist, his capabilities greatly improved during his study at Dartmouth, where he was trained by former downhill World Champion Walter Prager.
Chiharu Igaya (猪谷 千春 born May 20, 1931) is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic silver medallist from Japan. The first notable alpine racer from Asia, he competed at the Winter Olympics in 1952, 1956, and 1960.
Chiharu Igaya is Japan's first, and as of 2009, only, Olympic medallist in alpine skiing. A slalom specialist, his capabilities greatly improved during his study at Dartmouth, where he was trained by former downhill World Champion Walter Prager.
He was a boy of 14 living in Shiga, a mountain village, when in August 1945 Japan surrendered to end World War II. And Chiharu Igaya feared that awful things would happen to his country, to his...
