Chiharu Igaya

is a Japanese athlete.  He is best known as an skier who competed in three Winter Olympic Games.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics),  Chiharu Igaya ; retrieved 2012-7-26.

Early life
Igaya was born in Tomarimura, Hokkaidō.  He graduated from  Dartmouth College in 1957.

Career
Igaya was a member of the Japanese team in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

In 1956, he won the silver medal in the slalom event. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a medal in a winter sport.

In 1982, Igaya became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Olympic.com,  Chiharu Igaya; retrieved 2012-7-26.  After his retirement in 2011, he was granted honorary IOC membership status.Olympic.com,  Factsheet, p. 3; retrieved 2012-7-26.

 Related pages
 Sports in Japan
 Japan at the Olympics

References

Category:1931 births
Category:Living people
Category:1960 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Category:Japanese skiers
Category:Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Category:International Olympic Committee