Shizuka Arakawa

Shizuka Arakawa
Arakawa at the 2009 Festa On Ice.
Born	(1981-12-29) December 29, 1981 (age 42) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Skating club	Prince Hotel
Retired	May 7, 2006
Medal record Representing  Japan Ladies’ Figure Skating Olympic Games 2006 Turin Singles World Championships 2004 Dortmund Singles Four Continents Championships 2003 Beijing Singles 2002 Jeonju Singles Grand Prix Final 2004–05 Beijing Singles 2003–04 Colorado Springs Singles

Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香, Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. She was the only Japanese medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Arakawa retired from competitive skating following her Olympic win and began skating professionally in ice shows and exhibitions. She also works as a skating sportscaster for Japanese television.