Kazuyoshi Oimatsu

Kazuyoshi Oimatsu (老松 一吉, Oimatsu Kazuyoshi, 30 October 1911 – 24 March 2001) was a Japanese figure skater and a coach.

Kazuyoshi Oimatsu
Oimatsu at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Native name	老松 一吉
Born	(1911-10-30)30 October 1911
Died	24 March 2001(2001-03-24) (aged 89)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Discipline	Men's singles

He was raised in Osaka, Japan.

Oimatsu won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1931. He represented Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1936 Winter Olympics, World Figure Skating Championships from 1932 and 1936.

After World War II, he retired from competitive skating and became a coach. In 1952, he was invited to Osaka Sports Center Ice Skating Rink.

Competitive highlights

Event	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
Winter Olympics			9th				20th
World Championships			7th				15th
European Championships							9th
Japanese Championships	5th	1st		2nd		3rd

References

• "1932 Winter Olympics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008.
• "1936 Winter Olympics" (PDF).

External links

• Japan Skating Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 September 2006) (in Japanese)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kazuyoshi Oimatsu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.