Manabu Horii

Japanese speed skater and politician

Manabu Horii

Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido 9th district

Incumbent

Assumed office
17 December 2012

Preceded by

Yukio Hatoyama

Personal details

Born

19 February 1972 (1972-02-19) (age 52)
Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan

Political party

Liberal Democratic Party

Sports career

Country

Japan

Sport

Speed skating

Medal record

Olympic Games

	1994 Lillehammer	500 m
World Single Distance Championships
	1997 Warsaw	500 m
World Sprint Championships
	1996 Heerenveen	Sprint

Manabu Horii (堀井学, Horii Manabu, born 19 February 1972 in Muroran, Hokkaido) is a Japanese politician and former speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.^[1] He ended his speed skating career in 2002.

Horii represents Noboribetsu in the Hokkaido prefectural assembly for the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) since 2007. In the 2012 general election of the House of Representatives, he stands as LDP candidate in Hokkaido 9th district seeking to succeed retiring Democrat Yukio Hatoyama. He was nominated in July 2012 when Hatoyama was still expected to run for re-election.^[2]

World records

Event	Time	Date	Venue
1000 m	1:11.67	1 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary
Sprint combination	143.425	3 March 1996	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m	1:10.63	22 November 1997	Olympic Oval, Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manabu Horii". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
^ The Japan Times, 5 July 2012: Hatoyama could face tough re-election bid against Horii
^ "Manabu Horii". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2012.