Reruhi Shimizu

Reruhi Shimizu
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Competitor for  Japan
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Team large hill

Reruhi Shimizu (清水 礼留飛 Shimizu Reruhi, born 4 December 1993) is a Japanese ski jumper from Myōkō, Niigata.[1]

Shimizu's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 23 November 2013, he won bronze at a team event with Japan in Klingenthal at large hill.

His first name, Reruhi, was named after Austrian military officer Theodor Edler von Lerch, who introduced ski into Japan in 1910s.

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