Yuzuru Hanyu: The Ice Prince Who Shattered Records

Born

Dec 4, 1994

Early Years

Oct 24, 2004

Started skating at the age of 4 and won Gold medal at the Japan Novice Championships at the age of 10

Won the Junior Grand Prix Final

Dec 16, 2008

World Junior Championships

Mar 12, 2010

Gold Medal

Won Bronze

Mar 31, 2012

World Championships (Youngest Japanese man to get the medal)

Grand Prix Final

Dec 7, 2013

Gold

Olympic Gold Medalist

Feb 22, 2014

Sochi Olympic, first Asian man to win figure skating gold, broke the Olympic Record in short program

World Champion

Mar 24, 2014

Grand Prix Final

Dec 13, 2014

Gold

Grand Prix Final

Dec 12, 2015

Gold, broke world record in both short program and long program

Grand Prix Final

Dec 10, 2016

Gold

World Champion

Apr 1, 2017

Won gold medal and broke his won record

Second Olympic Gold Medal

Feb 17, 2018

First man in 66 years to defend Olympic title

People’s Honor Award

Jul 2, 2018

From the Japanese government

Four Continents Championships

Feb 8, 2020

Won Gold and completing the Career Super Slam (all major junior + senior titles).

Professional Era

Jul 19, 2022

Announced retirement from competitive skating; became a professional skater.