Miyako Sumiyoshi
Japanese speed skater (1987–2018)
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Miyako Sumiyoshi (住吉 都, Sumiyoshi Miyako; 19 March 1987 – 20 January 2018)[1] was a Japanese speed skater. She competed at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, where she placed thirteenth. She also placed thirteenth in the sprint combination at the 2014 World Sprint Championships in Nagano. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 metres (14th) and in the 1000 metres (22nd).[2]
NationalityJapanese
Born19 March 1987
Kushiro, Japan
Died20 January 2018 (aged 30)
Nagano, Japan
SportSpeed skating
Sumiyoshi in Sochi in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 19 March 1987 Kushiro, Japan |
| Died | 20 January 2018 (aged 30) Nagano, Japan |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Speed skating |
On 20 January 2018, she was found dead in her home in Nagano. NHK reported that she seemed to have committed suicide.[3]
