Miwa Fukuhara (福原 美和, Fukuhara Miwa, born December 13, 1944) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Winter Universiade champion[1] and a six-time Japanese national champion. She finished 21st in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, and 5th in the 1964 Winter Olympic Games.[2]

Miwa Fukuhara
Miwa Fukuhara at the 1960 Olympics
Born (1944-12-13) December 13, 1944 (age 79)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
Retired1967

After retiring from competition, Fukuhara became a coach.[3] She is a member of the founding family of Shiseido.

Competitive highlights

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International
Event 56–57 57–58 58–59 59–60 60–61 61–62 62–63 63–64 64–65 65–66 66–67
Olympics 21st 5th
Worlds 14th 9th 6th 6th 6th 8th WD
Universiade 1st 1st
National
Japanese 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd
WD = Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ "1960-2015 Statistics Winter Universiades" (PDF). International University Sports Federation / sport.fi. January 1, 2016. pp. 54–56. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Miwa Fukuhara". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Member list" (in Japanese). Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.