Men
JPN
Ryosuke Sakazume
JPN- Date of birth21 Mar 1990
- Height181 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownSeongnam
- Place of birthOita
- Start skatingHe tried skating at age four in Chicago, IL, United States of America, and began the sport in his third year of primary school in Oita, Japan.
- Club Takasho: Japan
- HobbiesReading. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 12 Oct 2017)
- LanguagesJapanese
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
Competing in the 1500m at the 2014 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
In 2016 he received the Wakayama Prefecture Sports Achievement Award in Japan. (pref.wakayama.lg.jp, 20 Feb 2017)
In 2011 he was presented with the Kozuki Sports Award in Japan. (kozuki.or.jp, 13 Sep 2011)
In 2011 he was presented with the Kozuki Sports Award in Japan. (kozuki.or.jp, 13 Sep 2011)
Korean short track coach Jeon Jae-Mok. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
Korean short track coach Jeon Jae-Mok. (Athlete, 08 Nov 2017, 11 Feb 2016)
He fractured his right shin in a fall during the semifinal of the 500m at the 2013 World Cup event in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. He required an operation to insert a steel plate into his leg. (iza.ne.jp, 11 Dec 2013; joc.co.jp, 29 Sep 2013; Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
He broke his left leg after crashing during training when he was at school in 2006. (yomiuri.co.jp, 21 Jan 2013; Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
He broke his left leg after crashing during training when he was at school in 2006. (yomiuri.co.jp, 21 Jan 2013; Athlete, 08 Nov 2017)
To win a medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (nhk.or.jp, 09 Oct 2017)
