Takafumi Nishitani

Personal information
Born	(1979-01-17) January 17, 1979 (age 45) Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 500 m World Championships 2000 Sheffield 5000m relay World Team Championships 1999 St. Louis Team 2004 Saint Petersburg Team Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori 500 m 2003 Aomori 5000 m relay Winter Universiade 1999 Poprad-Tatry 5000 m relay 2001 Zakopane 500 m 1999 Poprad-Tatry 3000 m 1999 Poprad-Tatry 500 m 2001 Zakopane 5000 m relay

Takafumi Nishitani (西谷 岳文, Nishitani Takafumi) (born January 17, 1979, in Tadaoka, Osaka) is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.^[1]

Now, Nishitani practices Keirin.

• Takafumi Nishitani at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympics.com
• Takafumi Nishitani at Olympedia
• RACERPROFILE(日本語) - Keirin(競輪) (in Japanese)
• Takafumi Nishitani at the International Skating Union