Manabu Horii

Manabu Horii
堀井 学
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 December 2012 – 28 August 2024
Preceded byYukio Hatoyama
Succeeded byYūsuke Takahashi
ConstituencyHokkaido 9th (2012–2021)
Hokkaido PR (2021–2024)
Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
In office
8 April 2007 – 4 December 2012
ConstituencyNoboribetsu City
Personal details
Born (1972-02-19) 19 February 1972 (age 52)
Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Liberal Democratic
Sports career
Country Japan
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer 500 m
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warsaw 500 m
World Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Heerenveen Sprint

Manabu Horii (堀井 学, Horii Manabu) (born February 19, 1972) is a former Japanese politician and speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.[1] He ended his speed skating career in 2002.

Horii represented Noboribetsu in the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2007 to 2012. In the 2012 general election of the House of Representatives, he was elected the as LDP candidate in Hokkaido 9th district seeking to succeed retiring Democrat Yukio Hatoyama. He was nominated in July 2012 when Hatoyama was still expected to run for re-election.[2]

In July 2024, Horii left the LDP. On 28 August 2024, Horii resigned from the House of Representatives following a scandal over his giving out condolence money to constituents for funerals he did not personally attend in violation of election laws.[3]

World records

Event Time Date Venue
1000 m 1:11.67 March 1, 1996 Olympic Oval, Calgary
Sprint combination 143.425 March 3, 1996 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m 1:10.63 November 22, 1997 Olympic Oval, Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manabu Horii". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. ^ The Japan Times, 5 July 2012: Hatoyama could face tough re-election bid against Horii
  3. ^ "Ex-LDP member Manabu Horii resigns as lawmaker over monetary donations". Kyodo News. August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Manabu Horii". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2012.