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Yuzuru Hanyu
Yuzuru Hanyu

Throughout his career, Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu has won at the Olympics twice (2014 and 2018) and achieved a Super Slam for having won all major competitions in his senior and junior career. He is the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop jump in competition and has broken world records nineteen times—the most times amongst singles skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004. Hanyu is the current world record holder for the men's short program, in addition to the historical world records for the short program, free skating and combined total score. In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu has been awarded numerous accolades. He is the youngest recipient of the People's Honour Award (in 2018) by the prime minister of Japan. (Full list...)

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