country retired birth_place medaltemplates birth_date article_title name turnedpro
japan 2002 kushiro , hokkaido , japan sport men 's speed skating 8 october 1973 keiji shirahata
 keiji shirahata 1991
keiji shirahata

keiji shirahata -lrb- 白幡圭史 `` shirahata keiji '' -rrb- -lrb- born 8 october 1973 , kushiro , hokkaido -rrb- is a retired japanese speed skater .
with two silver and one bronze medals at the world all-round speed skating championships he has been the most successful japanese long track speed skater in all-round competitions .
he was ranked 4th on the adelskalender in february 1997 .
shirahata established 22 national records and was nine times national all-round champion .
