Lemi Williamson
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 14 Jan 2000 | |
| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Saitama, JPN | |
| Higher education | Language Studies - English - Daito Bunka University: Saitama, JPN | |
| Occupation | Student | |
| Languages | Japanese |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 42.63 | 25 Dec 2018 |  Obihiro |
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| 1000m | 1:24.57 | 05 Nov 2017 | Obihiro |
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| 1500m | 2:01.07 | 09 Mar 2018 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 3000m | 4:05.96 | 10 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 7:11.46 | 15 Nov 2020 | Obihiro |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 3000m | 1 | |||||
| Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Daito Bunka University: Japan |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Watching sports, going to cafes. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Jul 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at the 2019 World Single Distances Championships in Inzell, Germany. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Famous relatives | Her older brother Shane has also represented Japan in speed skating, and competed at the 2014 and 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (sanspo.com, 27 Oct 2019; skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Jul 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jan 2020) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | She was encouraged by her older brother Shane. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Czech speed skater Martina Sablikova. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To compete alongside her brother Shane at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (nikkansports.com, 27 Oct 2019; nhk.or.jp, 22 Dec 2020) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2018 she was given an Excellence Award by the Japan Skating Federation. (daito.ac.jp, 08 May 2019) In 2018 she received the Yamagata Prefecture Sports Glory Award in Japan. (pref.yamagata.jp, 01 Feb 2019) In 2017 she was presented with a Distinguished Performance Award by the Yamagata Sports Association in Japan. (yamagata-sports.or.jp, 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Yoshiaki Aoki [club], JPN; Johan de Wit [national], NED | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began the sport at age six. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Think about everything positively." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Other information | HERITAGE She was born in Urakawa, Japan, to an Australian father and a Japanese mother. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Jul 2019; nikkansports.com, 27 Oct 2019) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/lemi.williamson | twitter.com/w_lemi |