Kentaro Minagawa Explained

^[1] is a Japanese alpine skier.His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant slalom.^{[2] [3]}

Since the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup he has been participating regularly in World Cup races, nine times ranking in the top ten.^[4] Shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics he ranked 4th in Wengen, Switzerland. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he also ranked 4th, the best result of a Japanese skier since Chiharu Igaya's silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.^[5]

In June 2009, he married Japanese popular freestyle skier, Aiko Uemura.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography, MINAGAWA Kentaro . . 2009-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526124829/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=40448&sector=AL . 2011-05-26 .
2. Web site: Results, Slalom 1996 FIS Junior World Ski Championships . . 2009-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526124938/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/612.html?sector=AL&competitorid=40448&raceid=3765 . 2011-05-26 .
3. Web site: Results, giant slalom 1996 FIS Junior World Ski Championships . . 2009-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526125033/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/612.html?sector=AL&competitorid=40448&raceid=3763 . 2011-05-26 .
4. Web site: Results, FIS World Cup, MINAGAWA Kentaro . . 2009-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526125102/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=AL&competitorid=40448&type=result&category=WC&season=ALL&sort=P&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search . 2011-05-26 .
5. News: Minagawa close, but shut out of medal in slalom. 2006-02-27. The Japan Times. 2009-01-28.
6. http://www.almostjapanese.com/olympians-aiko-uemura-and-kentaro-minagawa-ties-the-knot Olympians Aiko Uemura and Kentaro Minagawa Ties the Knot